[Elsie]

It has been my experience that the only thing stopping prots from becoming Catholics is stubborn pride.

It has been my experience that the only thing stopping Catholics from becoming Bible students is the awesome fear that they've wasted a large part of their lives jumping thru hoops.

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Acts 17:11
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

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Now verga was of a more noble character than the rest of those in the pew, for he received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Rome said was true.

[verga]

It has been my experience that the only thing stopping Catholics from becoming Bible students is the awesome fear that they've wasted a large part of their lives jumping thru hoops.

You seem to forget that I was a prot and that intense study of the Bible is what got me back into the Catholic Church.