[Frumanchu]

Feel free to put forth some actual empirical evidence of the above claims. I'm sure we can all relate our experiences with a few people, but I have yet to see anything even approaching a solid foundation for the generalized claims being made here.

I will say as well that all of the Catholics I know locally who have converted did so because of inadequacies in their local church, NOT for theological reasons.

[nanetteclaret]

I am a former Protestant who converted in 2005 - for definite theological reasons. I will be happy to enumerate them for you if you are interested.

[Jaded]

So which is it? Theological reasons or because of inadequacies in the local church? Many people go church shopping these days, often times they leave to find a church that fits their worldview instead of living up to God’s law, to have their ears tickled.

[RichardMoore]

I was raised a Protestant and was taught that communion was symbolic only. Then eventhough I stopped going to church I continued to read the Bible and read about many other religions.

Then I heard about the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and everything suddenly made sense. I've been a convert since 1982.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Once again this year I met ~1500 converts to the Catholic faith this past Easter here in Denver; most of whom were former protestants with a sprinkling of former Mormons, Jews and Muslims, who, once they got an unabridged and unedited copy of Scripture and took the time to learn the truth and the history of Christendom, came to the same conclusion as Newman did in the 19th century. "To be deep in history is to cease to be protestant."

I'll stack up my annual experience with your number of admittedly limited encounters any day of the week.

[bboop]

No, I don’t think that is true. People are coming into Catholicism for theological reasons, not because of inadequacies in their local churches. We searched through MANY good Protestant churches/ denominations/ non-denominations before realizing that what we were looking for was the fullness of Catholicism.