As a former Roman Catholic, now Evangelical Christian, whatever reasons people have for leaving one faith tradition for another, it should be something well thought out and not done without ALL the facts and information being considered. Fortunately, our Lord God is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psalm 34:18) It is never too late to receive the truth of the Gospel and be saved.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:8,9)
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Because they don’t know any better...
Same old, same old (2002): http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/45/45-3/45-3-PP451-472_JETS.pdf
The Great and Powerful Jeff makes a prediction: This is going to be a mean, nasty thread.
Here’s a response to the original work: http://newchristendom.blogspot.com/2011/09/response-to-david-hagopians-romeward.html
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More such works (Protestants trying to explain why Protestants leave Protestantism for the Catholic Faith):
http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-protestants-explain-or-explain-away.html
My trek has gone from Methodist to Lutheran, but if I were to take the next step, why should I stop at Rome? Why not revert all the way and become Orthodox?
As a former Roman Catholic, now Evangelical Christian, whatever reasons people have for leaving one faith tradition for another, it should be something well thought out and not done without ALL the facts and information being considered.
It should be. RC-ism that I run into is an alien world.
I've only run into this once, in my personal circle of friends. My best friend in college, best man at my wedding, fell in among Jesuits in the Army, far from home and in a difficult period in his life. The Jesuits took up their reason for existing, and next thing I hear he's joined the Roman Catholic church. His reasons then (this was 20+ years ago, and I haven't seen him in over a decade), it was all about authority.
I always liked how Jason Stellman put it:
In a word, I fought the Church, and the Church won. And what it did was beat me, but it didn’t draw me, entice me, or lure me by playing upon some deep, latent psychosis or desire on my part for something Protestantism just couldn’t provide. Catholicism went from being so obviously ridiculous that it wasn’t even worth bothering to oppose, to being something whose claims were so audacious that I couldn’t help opposing them. But what it never was, was attractive, and in many ways it still isn’t.
But what Catholicism is, I have come to discover, is true.
http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2012/09/i-fought-the-church-and-the-church-won/
I think some culturally conservative Protestants are attracted to Rome’s stance on abortion and other social issues, plus they long to be part of something really huge.
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I grew up in the Episcopal church, and even became the senior warden of a very old Tennessee church that had been established in 1832.
Unfortunately, the opulence of the Episcopal church attracted the homosexuals and other deviants, driving it to the dark side.
Since taking on an international life, I have attended only Catholic churches, first in Slovakia, and now in the Philippines, where there is really very little other choice.
My young son was baptized in our 300 year old local church.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3162059/posts?q=1&;page=121#121
“Show me a list of “notable Catholics” leaving to become Evangelicals? You will be hard pressed to come up with a list. But a list of notable Protestants converting to Catholicism is as long as your arm. People who think and research gravitate to the true Church. Americans don’t, by and large, think”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_people_who_converted_to_Catholicism
Worth taking a look —
Hey, Mister BoatBums, where does this article continue on the link? Thanks.
Is it being saved by Grace that is the gift of God, or is it faith that is the gift of God?
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There are daily Mass Catholics and then there are lazy people. Ever seen a church occupied by a couple score of 80-somethings on a WEEKDAY when there was prit’ near a foot of snow on the ground, wind howling, and more white stuff coming down? I’d bet the ranch it’s a Catholic Church if you have. Rock on Holy Eucharist, rock on....