I’m a convert, so I started from the other POV. My family still is Protestant. I’ve gotten used to having to defend my faith to them.
Catholicism depends on you feeling guilty beyond redemption, looks like it worked in your case.
I’m a convert, so I started from the other POV. My family still is Protestant. I’ve gotten used to having to defend my faith to them.””
I understand.. I have found that it is far better to understand their own doctrines better than they do, then it is easy to guide them along my path leading elsewhere. This can be done using the Socratic method of teaching and involves minimal conflict.
One of the many things that I like about being Catholic is that the Church openly encourages the combined use of religion and scientific understanding much more easily than some branches of the Protestant faith. For example, the Church has come to terms with the scientific fact that the planet and everything we can see throughout was NOT created in 168 hours.
I also converted from being a "sola" believer. All the points in the article are familiar. I can't say that any one sealed the deal for me; but one that stands out in memory is the fact that he early Christians did not have New Testaments to read.
The reason I started questioning at all was the huge variety of churches that result from the same starting point - sola scriptura. That, my friend, is confusion - of which God is not the Author.