You do not speak for the “majority of protestants” and I have yet see anyone, let alone “many”, express ‘terror’ that they had left or were not Catholic.
To all: Anyone (Catholics as former Protestants or others) out there terrified that they made the wrong decision in not being Catholic??? Anyone?? Anyone at all? You can use mail for privacy, but is there anyone??
Verga says “Not mind reading at all I have been told this (by protestants, and former protestants) on Yahoo groups and this forum.”...... ,so if you’re out there, “many” in fact, let us know!
I am certain you will ask for proof of this so here goes. On another thread One of your fellow prots stated that God/ heaven was outside of space. I agreed with him and explained that God was also outside of time and this was how He was both eternal and infinite. I was immediately jumped on told the read the Bible etc... I tried in true Christian fashion to explain how it worked to no avail, even though I courtesy pinged the original poster He refused to chime in and those that derided me never once admonished or castigated him.
Further look at the snotty response I got when I explained the difference between "Born again" and "born from above."
of your own accused me of not reading the Bible and regurgitating others work.
I would have to say that I was scared and my wife approached terrified. Both of us did recruit (Our pastor called it evangelizing) new members and it was reassuring that we had made the right choice, and we justified it because "Catholics aren't really christian."
The final straw came when out pastor said it was okay to "poach sheep" from other protestant denominations.
This began out long long journey that resulted in out entering full communion with the Catholic Church almost 10 years ago.