Posted on 10/08/2014 11:39:09 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Why would intelligent, successful people give up their careers, alienate their friends, and cause havoc in their families...to become Catholic? Indeed, why would anyone become Catholic?
As an evangelist and author who recently threw my own life into some turmoil by deciding to enter the Catholic Church, I've faced this question a lot lately. That is one reason I decided to make this documentary; it's part of my attempt to try to explain to those closest to me why I would do such a crazy thing.
Convinced isn't just about me, though. The film is built around interviews with some of the most articulate and compelling Catholic converts in our culture today, including Scott Hahn, Francis Beckwith, Taylor Marshall, Holly Ordway, Abby Johnson, Jeff Cavins, Devin Rose, Matthew Leonard, Mark Regnerus, Jason Stellman, John Bergsma, Christian Smith, Kevin Vost, David Currie, Richard Cole, and Kenneth Howell. It also contains special appearances by experts in the field of conversion such as Patrick Madrid and Donald Asci.
Ultimately, this is a story about finding truth, beauty, and fulfillment in an unexpected place, and then sacrificing to grab on to it. I think it will entertain and inspire you, and perhaps even give you a fresh perspective on an old faith.
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I became Catholic and it enhanced my career (even here in Utah), made great new friends, and caused havoc in my family (while drawing closer to others in my family). In balance, a HUGE win.
The answer is Catholics have more fun. My Catholic cousins could dance, drink, play cards, gamble and smoke and the protestants couldn’t. BTW I’m not Catholic but had a little envy for my cousins who were.
Funny, I always thought it was about realizing you were a sinner and in need of salvation that comes from repentence and faith in Christ.
I’m not Catholic but I appreciate that my Catholic friends can relax and have a beer or glass of wine if they like.
Now my question is, why would anyone write for a blog named “indiegogo”?
I'd be more concerned about Gods narrow definition of Christianity.
Two sides of the same coin
“But by the grace of God, I am what I am”
The term [Fundamentalism] was born when conservative Protestants in early-20th-century America committed themselves to defend the five "fundamentals" of their faith -- the inerrancy of the Bible, virgin birth and deity of Jesus, doctrine of atonement, bodily resurrection of Jesus, and His imminent return.
-- from the thread The many forms of fundamentalism
Fundamentalist: A term created during the turn-of-the-20th-century Protestant church splits to define those who held to the “fundamentals” of Christianity—the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth of Jesus and his literal resurrection from the dead. The term is now considered pejorative. (Wheaton College philosophy professor Alvin Plantinga famously observed, “The full meaning of the term…can be given by something like ‘stupid sumbitch whose theological opinions are considerably to the right of mine.’”)
-- from the thread New Kids In The Flock
You sound just like a Protestant.
Obviously, you haven’t been out on Sat.nite in Texas or Oklahoma. Unless,they’re all drunken Catholics.
Oh, you mean the SSPX, sede vacantist and "RadTrad" crowd that's ever so much more Catholic than the Pope? To the point that some of them don't believe there's been a legitimate Pope since 1958?
Yep, they're pretty wild, alright.
My Baptist inlaws became Presbyterian so they could do all that! Well, they didn’t mention the gambling part. At least that’s what they told me. LOL!
Indeed!
Better question...
Why do hundreds of millions of Catholics abandon their faith and no longer practice it?
Or as Hillary asked, “what does it matter?!”
...given...
“Let us all follow the bishop as Jesus follows his Father”.
St. Ignatius of Antioch (107 AD)
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