My wife was Protestant. When asked by the Priest why she wanted to be Catholic her answer was:
“Why settle for something less when you can have the real thing?”
BTW, We like like Protestants. That was her personal cut to the chase answer.
I still laugh about it about though.
I don’t know.
Know many Protestants of varying denominations who have a deep, secure and living faith. They talk with God and he answers.
The one habit I am glad I still have from my upbringing is reading the bible. Most of my fellow Catholics in our congregation have not. That surprised me.
Berlin_Freeper,
your wife is awesome!
I have strong affection for converts. I’ve mentioned in previous threads that both of my parents are converts: my dad’s dad and grandfather were presbyterian ministers (dad’s said his was an intellectual leap, essentially reading himself into the Church), and my mom came from a more fundamentalist background, but knew from early childhood that she was called to Catholicism.
My wife was raised in the sbc, and heard an irresistible call, which she is following, which began because of Saint Bernadette Soubirous. She’ll be joining the Church this year. Janet’s answer was somewhat similar to your wife’s.
Salvation, thank you, again, for another wonderful thread.