Why do Protestants become Catholic?

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Julia1:
What I want to know is why do Catholics become Christians? Whatzup with that, do you suppose? :hmmm:
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I don’t understand the question. It’s kind of like asking, “why do eagles become birds?”
Can you please clarify

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Julia1:
You know, why some Catholics jump the ship, so to speak. 🙂
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Ah, well that’s an entirely different question than the way you first posed it! 🙂
 
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Julia1:
ah…so can you answer it? 🙂
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Peace.

Why would anyone wish to leave the true Church founded by Christ Himself for a man-made denomination that is a product of the Reformation?

Peace.
 
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Julia1:
ah…so can you answer it? 🙂
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Well, I can only offer a guess, considering that I’m converting to Catholicism. So, here’s what I think:
  1. difficulty in accepting some of the moral prohibitions of the Church that are not prohibitions in other churches (for example, contraception and divorce/remarriage)
  2. poor catechesis
  3. a preference for the style of worship in the other church
  4. a legitimately negative experience in the Catholic Church
many other reasons, I’m sure.
 
Why? That’s easy. Most Catholics become Protestant on purely emotional or delusional (no offence) basis. Some convert on the wish for truth, something which we all seek. In the Protestant church , things are different. It’s schizophrenic, the way you shift from sand dune to sand dune, denomination to denomination. It’s as if Jesus threw a Book with a bunch of contradictions and phrases we can’t understand and left us to grapple with what we had. He had to do more, but nonetheless, Protestants are still in the dark. Self-interpratation is a cage, a dungeon, and a depressing concept. The Path of Truth is a never-ending search in the Protestant church. Eventually they find that in the quest for truth, all roads lead to Rome. 👍

P.S: You probably noticed that I am happy that I found the Truth.
 
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Julia1:
What I want to know is why do Catholics become Christians? Whatzup with that, do you suppose? :hmmm:
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Although this has already been said, it bears repeating.

Catholics are Christians. The original ones in fact!

As to why some Catholics choose to leave the Christian Church that Christ founded and go to a Protestant one, besides the moral reasons which are a good number, the other ones are not really leaving the Catholic Church, because they never really knew her.

The negative spin? The have fallen for the lies of Satan that say that Catholics are not Christians.

The positive spin? They have finally had a “born again” experience or a regenerative awakening and are trying to move closer to Christ.

Sadly, the Catholics who leave the Catholic Church, don’t know how much they are actually giving up. They leave because they have “found” Christ, but Christ has never been missing in the Catholic Church. They just never paid attention and invited Him in while in the Catholic Church.

God Bless,
Maria
 
So, okay, like Scott Hahn left ‘Protestantism’ or whatever you call it, because he didn’t really know Protestantism ? (or whatever the heck its spelled. 😃 )
 
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figuredeslarmes:
I was wondering if you could tell me some of the major reasons why a Protestant, Evangelical, or Fundamentalist converts to the Roman Catholic Church. Thank you! 🙂
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I came from a Fundamentalist background. After about ten years of study, I came to Rome. When it all comes down to it, there was really one reason that I converted. I am a literalist in my interpretation of the Bible. Words have meaning, and I think that the writers of the Bible chose those words for a reason. Thus, I began looking for a Church that could support everything that they teach with the Bible. Imagine my shock when the “Bible Churches” fell short on this! In short, there is only one church that can back that up, and it is the one established by Jesus Christ himself…I am a member of it, and I think everyone should be: The Holy Catholic Church.

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Julia1:
So, okay, like Scott Hahn left ‘Protestantism’ or whatever you call it, because he didn’t really know Protestantism ? (or whatever the heck its spelled. 😃 )
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Heh. No, I think Hahn knew Protestantism better than Protestants.

It bears repeating–Catholics who convert to Protestantism (of whatever stripe) rarely know what they’re leaving. On the other hand, Protestants who come into the Church know exactly what they’re getting into, generally speaking. (Of course that doesn’t include people who decide to convert for marriage or similar reasons.)

In conclusion, I’d like to quote Homer–the Simpson, not the ancient poet:

“Once you go Vatican, you can’t go back again!”
 
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Julia1:
So, okay, like Scott Hahn left ‘Protestantism’ or whatever you call it, because he didn’t really know Protestantism ? (or whatever the heck its spelled. 😃 )
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No, nobody said that. They said people often leave the Catholic faith because they’ve never studied the Catholic Faith. There are numerous Protestant Preachers who find themselves drawn to the Catholic Church (like Scott Hahn) for the opposite reason. They study the Bible, they study the early Church, and they “Return Home”.

Notworthy
 
Okey-dokey…well that’s an amazing thing!

So Scott Hahn ‘knows’ Protestantism better than the Protestants yet those Ex-Catholics who leave ‘the Church’ don’t know Catholicism at all?

Howz that work, exactly? :ehh:
 
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Julia1:
Okey-dokey…well that’s an amazing thing!

So Scott Hahn ‘knows’ Protestantism better than the Protestants yet those Ex-Catholics who leave ‘the Church’ don’t know Catholicism at all?

Howz that work, exactly? :ehh:
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This is trends we’re talking about here. There will be anecdotal evidence to disprove any of these theories.

But, just read some of the posters here that began Catholic, “TrustintheLord”, “Malachi_A_Serva”, and numerous others. They were born and raised Catholic, 12 years of Catholic School, and then they misquote everything the Catholic Church teaches. They’ll admit that they knew no reason why we did the things we do. This has been recanted too many times to count.

Read Surprised By Truth by Patrick Madrid. It contains numerous stories of Protestant Theologians, well known Protestants in some cases, that studied their way into the Catholic Church. Read Scott Hahn’s “Rome Sweet Home”, he’ll prove to you that he knows a lot about Presbyterian and Protestantism.

Good Luck!

Notworthy
 
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Julia1:
Okey-dokey…well that’s an amazing thing!

So Scott Hahn ‘knows’ Protestantism better than the Protestants yet those Ex-Catholics who leave ‘the Church’ don’t know Catholicism at all?

Howz that work, exactly? :ehh:
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I can speak for myself…
It comes of not paying attention at Mass and in religion class in school, then because you really don’t know why we believe what we believe, or even really what the heck you yourself believe, you are very easily snapped up by someone who comes along spouting verses and waving a Bible around.
(Hey after all, they have a Bible and the verses and all that…it sounds good.)

It wasn’t until someone attacked the Catholic faith on something that I KNEW was dead wrong that I really started looking into the differences and the Bible and well…the rest as they say is history 🙂 .
Pax tecum,
 
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Julia1:
Okey-dokey…well that’s an amazing thing!

So Scott Hahn ‘knows’ Protestantism better than the Protestants yet those Ex-Catholics who leave ‘the Church’ don’t know Catholicism at all?

Howz that work, exactly? :ehh:
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Try it! Tell us a teaching that the Catholic Church teaches that you disagree with. Then let us tell you what we really teach, citing the Catholic Catechism as proof. You’ll find that what you’ve been told about what Catholic believe and why they believe are two entirely different things!

Good Luck!

Notworthy
 
…" just read some of the posters here that began Catholic, “TrustintheLord”, “Malachi_A_Serva”, and numerous others. They were born and raised Catholic, 12 years of Catholic School, and then they misquote everything the Catholic Church teaches. "

Hmmmm…interesting…

So how do you know those Ex-Prots turned Catholics don’t misquote everything the Protestant churches teaches?

How do you know they really know what is taught in the first place? Are you an expert on Protestantism (there’s that word again, doh!). :o
 
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Julia1:
…" just read some of the posters here that began Catholic, “TrustintheLord”, “Malachi_A_Serva”, and numerous others. They were born and raised Catholic, 12 years of Catholic School, and then they misquote everything the Catholic Church teaches. "

Hmmmm…interesting…

So how do you know those Ex-Prots turned Catholics don’t misquote everything the Protestant churches teaches?

How do you know they really know what is taught in the first place? Are you an expert on Protestantism (there’s that word again, doh!). :o
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Good point, but Protestant churches teach all kinds of contradictory things, so it’s pretty tough to find a unified view.

Nonetheless, it’s easy to know what a particular Protestant believes–just listen to him. On the other hand, Protestants rarely take our word for it. They almost always try to find a “gotcha” quote from some historical arcana. It’s not good enough to say “We don’t worship Mary–she’s not God” --we’re rarely believed. But if a Protestant says he doesn’t worship the Bible, we’ll take his word for it.
 
Try it! Tell us a teaching that the Catholic Church teaches that you disagree with. Then let us tell you what we really teach, citing the Catholic Catechism as proof. You’ll find that what you’ve been told about what Catholic believe and why they believe are two entirely different things!

Cool! 🤓

Tell me a teaching that the Protestant Church teaches that you disagree with…then let me tell you what it really teaches, citing the Bible as proof. You’ll find what YOU’VE been told about what the Protestants believe and why they believe are two entirely different things!!

See how that works? 👍
 
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Julia1:
…" just read some of the posters here that began Catholic, “TrustintheLord”, “Malachi_A_Serva”, and numerous others. They were born and raised Catholic, 12 years of Catholic School, and then they misquote everything the Catholic Church teaches. "
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Hmmmm…interesting…

So how do you know those Ex-Prots turned Catholics don’t misquote everything the Protestant churches teaches?

How do you know they really know what is taught in the first place? Are you an expert on Protestantism (there’s that word again, doh!). :oHelps if ya were one for over 34 years… 😃
 
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