From A Catholic Hippy To A Baptist Preacher

Berean Beacon ^

[Gamecock]

FROM A CATHOLIC HIPPY TO A BAPTIST PREACHER is our video for the week. This interview was made recently in Groton NY. The transition from bring a longhaired hippy to being accepted in Christ Jesus is really remarkable. Please inform your friends about the new video, and let us have your comments or better still post them on the Google site.

What a great testimony.

[Quix]

nO SWEAT.
THX

[Gamecock]

He's far, far harder on the RCs than I would ever dare to put into print.

It's interesting that you see so much bitterness among ex Catholics while most say that former Proddies who go into RCism have fond memories of their former faith. I've seen that said numerous times on FR and on other boards as well.

It's almost like the former smokers, drug addicts and others are especially hard on those who remain trapped in that lifestyle.

[blue-duncan]

"Proper Presbyterians use our Kilts"

NEVER MIND! Oh never mind, please, please, never mind!

[Gamecock]

TMI?

[bornacatholic]

I clicked on the link. I think the link connects one to the sound of Pete Townsend's guitar after he just smashed it at Monterey...

[lastchance]

I am a Catholic. I rejoice when anyone finds Jesus, welcomes Him into their lives and offers their heart, mind and soul to His service and for the Glory of His name.

I would rather a person be a good Protestants faithfully following the Word of God than a bad Catholic who just goes through the motions of belief yet does not know Christ.

May God bless and keep all who call upon Jesus as Lord and Savior. May His kingom come, His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

[Gamecock]

To 22

[Alex Murphy]

NEVER MIND! Oh never mind, please, please, never mind!

"Now why did you go and put that picture in my head?"
- Bob Newhart

[Gamecock]

Well said.

Amen.

[AlbionGirl]

As I said to you and Dr. E. in a previous post, when Catholics get a Protestant Convert they get a jewell, but that jewell was created in a Protestant communion, not a Catholic one. Most of us Catholics who left either for agnosticism or the Protestant communion were caught between two Councils, that is, between the Ultramontanist mindset and the "Softer Image" folks.

[AlbionGirl]

I also want to add that I think a lot of Protestants depart for Rome because they'd rather have the burden of extraneous doctrine than very liitle doctrine or no doctrine at all. I could be wrong here, but I don't think I've noticed Protestant converts to RC waxing prolix on their newfound doctrines attached to perfect communion with Rome. And, I'm not talking about an essay here and there, I'm talking about books or tomes (sp?) on purgatory, infallibility or the Immacualte Conception.

Just my thoughts, GC.

[Gamecock]

I also want to add that I think a lot of Protestants depart for Rome because they'd rather have the burden of extraneous doctrine than very little doctrine or no doctrine at all.

Interesting observation.

How many times have you had a conversation with another Proddie on Justification that goes something like this:

You: We are saved by Grace in Christ alone.

Fellow Proddie: Of course, but our works....

I really think that some people just can't buy off on the idea of Sola Fide. They will acknowledge Christ, but have to include their own filthy rags into the equation. Those are the likely candidates for the Roman Church, as well as any number of cults who are eager to add their own works to Christ's perfect work.

[Gamecock]

Yuck!

Accurate, but yuck just the same. (Which proves the accuracy of your analogy)

Nonetheless I don't think I'll use that one.

I'm fond of describing sin as "Flipping God off." That always gets a surprised look from people.

[jo kus]

He's far, far harder on the RCs than I would ever dare to put into print.

My husband, too. He says it's because he knows of what he speaks. 8~)

I would bet that he doesn't. The fact of the matter is that it is perfectly human and natural for someone to belittle or even treat harshly an organization in which a person had left on bad terms. Is this not the case of an employee who is fired for stealing? Or if the employee feels that the employer treats him poorly? Is it any different here? To justify one's choice (religious or secular) on such issues, it is not unusual for that person to speak very poorly of their former religious or secular affiliation so as to justify their own decision.

My experience on this and other threads tells me that very few Catholics who leave Catholicism actually knew the teachings of the Church. This is evident in the need for Catholics here to correct misinterpretations of teachings given by "former Catholics" who supposedly "know" Catholicism.

Regards

[Gamecock]

***Is this not the case of an employee who is fired for stealing?***

Nothing like poisoning the well now is there.....

[bethelgrad]

It's interesting you say this. I've been in an extensive dialogue with one of my Marines who left Protestantism for Catholicism for those reasons you just listed. What I've come to learn from him is that he has become very knowledgable about the RCC, but was never really taught by his the church of his youth the Reformers reasons for reforming.

[jo kus]

As I said to you and Dr. E. in a previous post, when Catholics get a Protestant Convert they get a jewell, but that jewell was created in a Protestant communion, not a Catholic one. Most of us Catholics who left either for agnosticism or the Protestant communion were caught between two Councils, that is, between the Ultramontanist mindset and the "Softer Image" folks.

Sometimes. I teach RCIA, so I see the converts we get. I know this may be a shock, but there are nominal Protestants who don't know Scriptures hardly at all. Thus, it is a false presumption to think that the Catholic Church "gets all the jewels". It depends on how serious the person is committed to knowing God - whether becoming a Catholic OR a Protestant.

Regards

[jo kus]

I wrote Is this not the case of an employee who is fired for stealing?

you responded Nothing like poisoning the well now is there.....

The point I made has nothing to do with "poisoning the well", you are taking it the wrong way... I was merely saying that people leave on their own while others are tossed out of the Church. There is evidence of this even in Scriptures. In BOTH cases, regardless of the circumstances, people tend to dress up their own version of why they left/kicked out, while placing all the blame on the "church". This is also true in a Protestant who leaves one community to join another, is it not?

What did Adam say when God question him about the fruit again???

I am merely describing the human condition - which includes Protestants as well as Catholics. I wasn't attempting to say anything offensive vs. Protestants.

Regards