Joe Sobran: My Two Conversions [Great for Easter!]

www.lewrockwell.com ^ | March 30, 2002 | Joe Sobran

[Diago]

Joe is the best.

Happy Easter!

[Diago]

Happy Easter!

[Free_at_last_-2001]

as if something in the unbelievers themselves was trying desperately not to believe... - Seems that the unbelievers seem to be the greatest reason for people returning or converting to Catholicism - some sort of interest sparked by those who hate for no apparent reason - which makes people want to see what all the fuss is about.

[thathamiltonwoman]

Lovely. I don't care for most of what Joe Sobran writes now but this piece describes my feelings about the church exactly. Happy Easter!

[thinktwice]

I'd guess that Joe's not been hit on by a priest. I was, and I know how that can work on people.

[Zviadist]

Thank you for the wonderful post. Joe Sobran is a national treasure.

[Renatus]

Ping

[Humidston]

Happy Easter to you as well, Diago.

HE IS RISEN!!

[Ann Archy]

Don't let that blind you from your faith. Those evil people are a very small part of the Catholic Church. Trust in God to help you get thru this....pray for their souls as well as your soul.

[LarryLied]

The Catholic church influences the most unlikely people. TS Eliot's mother was a Unitarian progressive, his grandfather a Unitarian minister. But Eliot himself espoused Anglo-Catholicism.

[Coleus]

The word "faith" says it all.

Beware, the communists are still trying to abolish the Catholic Church.

Happy Easter

[father_elijah]

Dear Diago, you are such a blessing to us, and I pray every Paschal blessing for you at this most holy and joyous time.

Sobran: But the unbelievers helped convert me again.

How often I have heard this in the last twenty years. Although now I hear converts telling me that they came to the Church not because of the atheistic unbelievers, but because Islam has been exposed to them as a religion of hate, misery, and broken promises and the New Age has no answers for anyone, especially after 9/11. And within the last twelve years, I hear people telling me that they were converted because they felt Jesus calling to them from the Church, from the Tabernacle. So many awesome stories from throughout north Africa.

Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Indeed He is risen! Alleluia.

[Roscoe]

Happy Easter.

[Clintons a commie]

I don't always agree with Sobran on everything, but he's right on the money on this subject. The only answer to today's problems is Jesus Christ. Happy Easter!

[tiki]

I find Sobran very easy to read. He says it in english instead of intellectualese.

[EODGUY]

Thanks for the ping. I sent this to all my friends and family who are disgusted and hurt by the actions of a very few Catholic priests. I describe these members of the clergy as the Judas' of today's Catholic Church.

God Bless,

EODGUY who is very proud to be Catholic!

[Romulus]

I'd guess that Joe's not been hit on by a priest. I was, and I know how that can work on people.

It's the fate of many Catholics, including many of the great saints, that they have suffered just as much from the Church as for her. Suffering, persecution, and all such injustice are great clarifiers of thought, reminding us that our loyalty is not to men but to the Body of Christ.

[ElkGroveDan]

ping

[Gophack]

Very good article. I think this is why a lot of people come back to the Church.

God bless!