....That’s how I see other Christians who work overtime trying to discredit Christ’s own beloved Church: they are believers but they are preventing God’s children from having a truly close relationship with Christ. They are keeping those children from touching Christ, and having Him touch them, through the Eucharist. They are obstacles, holding the innocent back from Christ because they think they know best what that relationship should be like.
And thank you, Melian, for pinging just me to your post and the thread. It's clear that someone has an agenda, otherwise they would have labelled Denice Bossert as a former Wesleyan Methodist too, instead of just a former Presbyterian. Your convert showed great theological depth in commenting that (all) Wesleyans kneel in prayer, talk often about holiness and sanctification, and attend camp (revival) meetings in the summer - and (all) Presbyterians don't. It's very interesting that her Wesleyan pastor father only baptised adults in a river, instead of infants at a font. It's even more interesting that he never taught his congregation, let alone his own daughter, the Lord’s Prayer or the Apostle’s Creed until he became a Presbyterian.
Nope, no agenda here. Presbyterians bad, Catholics good, Wesleyans get a complete pass and a poorly educated girl gets 15 minutes of fame on cable TV for saying so. Move along, citizens.
IF we accept your premise that this poorly educated Christian doesn’t know what she is talking about when it comes to her former faith tradition and has an agenda, THEN we would also have to accept that poorly educated former Catholics who don’t know what they are talking about when it comes to their former faith tradition also have an agenda.
That’s just logic.
I thought our convert showed tremendous insight. She was obviously introspective from her earliest youth and cared deeply about having a real relationship with God. It was a long, thoughtful journey. She continued to persevere and found the Truth. Smart cookie. Glad to have her.
“And thank you, Melian, for pinging just me to your post and the thread.”
I’m not sure what you mean there. You had already posted on this thread (#16) and I also posted the same comment to NYer.
It’s just that I think about you and your faith journey, Alex Murphy, and pray for you.