That's funny. Every single person I know who left the Roman Catholic Church did so for theological reasons, and for the most part did NOT leave to go to a "mega church."
Methinks this is a rather skewed view of reality.
It would be quite true for those that I know.
Once again a member of the granddaddy of all megachurches calls another church “mega.”
Methinks you have been exposed only to a small segment of reality.
Indeed.
After I was born again I tried to stay in the Catholic church.
I was a cradle Catholic, educated in Catholic schools, married to a cradle Catholic. All my children were being raised Catholic and I had many very active Catholic ministries and I was very active in my parish.
I thought I could reconcile my new faith in Christ as my Savior with Catholicism .
But it seemed the more and more I studied scripture the more and more I could see the non scriptural error taught by the Catholic church. I started to go to evening services at an AOG and hoped that would help me bridge the gap. After 3 years I could no longer justify staying Catholic, I held almost no doctrine in common with the RC anymore.
I left for purely doctrinal reasons.
As for Protestants becoming Catholics..
No one has ever said that ALL those that call themselves Protestant are regenerate (saved) . Many have been raised in the Protestant church or have made a decision to attend a certain church with little thought to doctrine.
Having an intellectual assent to a doctrine does not save anyone. Attending a church every Sunday does not save anyone or imply they are saved, teaching Sunday school or having a degree in Theology does not mean anyone is saved.
The churches are full of people that build their own god or doctrine or tradition that make them feel “holy”.
Something making YOU feel holy or close to God does not mean you are.
These searchers often move to the catholic or orthodox churches because the tradition and mystery seem to reflect holiness. So it makes them feel holy.
May of those that will occupy hell will be people that felt holy in this life.
Salvation is not a matter of feelings, it is an act of God on sinful men.
The bottom line is, truth is not determined by numbers of members...so it really doesn't matter what sort of anecdotal rah rah the author cares to present.
What were the theological reasons?
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You are correct. They could not follow the Magestirum of the Church. They needed contraception and most importantly, the divorce and remarriage direction was to tough too follow. They would rather “think” for themselves rather than obey. It is why they search for years finding those Churches that are “permissive” or at the very least undefined in their actual teachings. The easy way out should I say? Easy way out for those who have no discipline or have never been directed in discipline.
I think you may be right. But the “theological reasons” may be due to lack of poor formation. Just a thought. V’s wife.