Blogger recounts motherhood as spark that led to conversion

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com ^ | July 18, 2014 | Katy Senour

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Denver, Colo., Jul 18, 2014 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The conversion from atheism to Catholicism was a rewarding journey full of triumph and trial for Jennifer Fulwiler, as outlined in her recent book, “Something Other Than God.”

Fulwiler told CNA that “before we were Catholic, we were caught up in a very selfish worldview.”

Although they were not trying to be selfish, she explained, atheism contained “a worldview where the self was the center of everything.”

Today, Fulwiler lives in Texas with her husband and five children. She runs a personal blog, ConversionDiary.com, and also blogs for the National Catholic Register.

However, her life was not always focused on faith. Fulwiler’s conversion began with the birth of her first child.

“I hadn’t been part of the full human experience,” she explained. “I was raised in this culture where I was just completely isolated from new life or from babies, this whole cycle of life.”

Having a child compelled her to start asking “the big questions” concerning the meaning of life and its value.

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"Countless men and women find themselves astonished, overwhelmed, and swept off their feet by God's ravishing grace, but rarely has anyone described the experience as honestly and compellingly as Jennifer Fulwiler has. This powerful conversion story deserves to be ranked alongside classics such as Augustine's Confessions and Newman's Apologia." -- Patrick Madrid, Host, "Right Here, Right Now" radio show

http://www.amazon.com/Something-Other-Than-God-Passionately/dp/1586178822

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“The conversion from atheism to Catholicism...”

Let’s pray she entrusted herself to the only One who can save eternally also - and not stopped at merely joining a church.

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Nobody converts for 'smells and bells'.

This story and many others like it are a big part of the reason the Left is anti-motherhood: it's a path away from the atheism that is their religion.

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People “convert” for many reasons and to many things. Of those, only One saves eternally.

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“a worldview where the self was the center of everything.”

. . . the essence of mankind's original sin. . . .

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‘“Now that Christ is at the center, it has really taught us how to love ourselves and our family members.”

‘Fulwiler encourages those considering conversation to “not be afraid to ask the tough questions of the Church.” Doing so, she said, will lead to 2,000 years’ worth of answers.’

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Fulwiler’s conversion began with the birth of her first child. “I hadn’t been part of the full human experience,” she explained. “I was raised in this culture where I was just completely isolated from new life or from babies, this whole cycle of life.” Having a child compelled her to start asking “the big questions” concerning the meaning of life and its value. From there, she began her exploration of Catholicism through blogging.

“Blogging was important to me because I hung out in entirely atheistic social circles and I was too embarrassed about the fact that I was exploring religion in my personal life,” she said, explaining that because she had “isolated” herself from most Christians, she had a hard time finding someone to answer her religious question. Her blog became a safe place to “express her views anonymously.”

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