[Mark17]

I'm thankful that I grew up believing in God, understanding sin, believing in Christ and His sacrifice... and I am grateful to Roman Catholicism for that.

Me too bro, I was also an altar boy. I am glad the RCC has the correct concept of The Trinity, and a few other things, and they taught me a few good things. Like you, I don't agree with the Catholic plan of salvation, however. You were in college when you got saved, I was a Sgt in the Air Force at Mountain Home, Idaho.
Ski better at Bogus Basin. Good skiing there. The guy that led me to faith in Jesus, was a ski patrolman at Mammoth Mountain, CA. If I wasn't playing hockey, I was skiing. 😀

[knarf]

Ad Deum qui laetificat .... me too.

Gettin' saved was easy ... I already had the trinity, the death, burial and resurrection, the virgin birth and that Jesus died for my sins.

The little niggler was that I was never taught I could have a personal relationship with my Savior.

Jesus was a sort of Catholic God and that I could have Him only through the RCC ... or something like that .... because the truth is ...

Jesus was never explained to me, he was TOLD to me.

And I didn't GET the connection of MY SIN needed to be given TO HIM.

My sin needed to be given to father confessor.

Anyway ... Thank GOD for Eddy Klein witnessing to me waayyy back there in 1981.