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Why would anyone become Catholic?
https://www.indiegogo.com ^ | October 2, 2014 | Indiegogo

Posted on 10/08/2014 11:39:09 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

Why would intelligent, successful people give up their careers, alienate their friends, and cause havoc in their families...to become Catholic? Indeed, why would anyone become Catholic?

As an evangelist and author who recently threw my own life into some turmoil by deciding to enter the Catholic Church, I've faced this question a lot lately. That is one reason I decided to make this documentary; it's part of my attempt to try to explain to those closest to me why I would do such a crazy thing.

Convinced isn't just about me, though. The film is built around interviews with some of the most articulate and compelling Catholic converts in our culture today, including Scott Hahn, Francis Beckwith, Taylor Marshall, Holly Ordway, Abby Johnson, Jeff Cavins, Devin Rose, Matthew Leonard, Mark Regnerus, Jason Stellman, John Bergsma, Christian Smith, Kevin Vost, David Currie, Richard Cole, and Kenneth Howell. It also contains special appearances by experts in the field of conversion such as Patrick Madrid and Donald Asci.

Ultimately, this is a story about finding truth, beauty, and fulfillment in an unexpected place, and then sacrificing to grab on to it. I think it will entertain and inspire you, and perhaps even give you a fresh perspective on an old faith.

(Excerpt) Read more at indiegogo.com ...


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Charismatic Christian; Evangelical Christian; General Discusssion; Mainline Protestant; Other Christian; Religion & Culture; Theology
KEYWORDS: catholic; willconvertforfood
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To: verga
You are wrong! Prots Are the ones that take things out of context.

#1463


1,781 posted on 10/16/2014 2:49:12 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: metmom
Error was creeping in to the church from the very beginning.

Not in those CATHOLIC churches in Asia!

1,782 posted on 10/16/2014 2:50:01 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: 2harddrive
Not if you die after sinning but before Confession.

AHhhh...

The old "Hand in the Cookie Jar" theory.

1,783 posted on 10/16/2014 2:54:24 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

1,784 posted on 10/16/2014 2:55:19 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: terycarl
the Acts were written, of course, while these people were alive....


Acts 15

The Council at Jerusalem
 1 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. 3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad. 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.

 5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”

 6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

 12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me. 14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

 16 “‘After this I will return
   and rebuild David’s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
   and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
   even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’[b]
 18 things known from long ago.[c]

 19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
 22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers. 23 With them they sent the following letter:

   The apostles and elders, your brothers,

   To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:

   Greetings.

 24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.

   Farewell.

 30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. [34] [d] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.

Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas
 36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.




#1463


1,785 posted on 10/16/2014 2:57:55 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Heart-Rest
(Of course, the Mormons, like yourself Elsie, do not say the actual Lord's Prayer, but only use it as a pattern to use to form their own individual prayers.

And you KNOW this information.... How?

1,786 posted on 10/16/2014 2:59:00 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: metmom
Read Live Scripture.
1,787 posted on 10/16/2014 3:03:11 AM PDT by JPX2011
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To: Heart-Rest

"As a Catholic, I'm sure you know that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them HOW to pray - not WHAT to pray."


Matthew 6:5-13  Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)

And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.

Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

 

Luke 11:1-4   Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)

11 And it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.

1,788 posted on 10/16/2014 3:06:04 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Heart-Rest
The Catholic Church fully agrees with Billy Graham on that excellent point.

Verga might say: "You are wrong."

I'd say; "It appears you have this backward." and THEN give testimony...

Billy Graham fully agrees with The Catholic Church on that excellent point.

1,789 posted on 10/16/2014 3:08:52 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Heart-Rest
You obviously choose to persist in holding your own erroneous viewpoints about the Catholic Church, which do not line up with the truth.

Have YOU commented on #1463?

1,790 posted on 10/16/2014 3:09:53 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Heart-Rest
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

ELSIE posts in the midst of FreeRepublic, and says, Ye men and women of Rome, I perceive that in all things ye are too willing to accept and practice things that are not found in the bible.

1,791 posted on 10/16/2014 3:12:40 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: boatbums
Why do you think Elsie is a Mormon? Haven't you been paying attention all these years???

HMMMmmm...

I didn't read it that way, but that a PRACTICE was similar.

Interesting...

1,792 posted on 10/16/2014 3:14:15 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Heart-Rest
You are never going to convince me with that kind of flimsy protestant logic you include there, and all those faulty protestant reasoning processes you are incorporating there, Springfield Reformer.

What about #1463?


1,793 posted on 10/16/2014 3:15:27 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Heart-Rest
You are reading that sentence completely wrong.

Not wrong, merely an acceptable other interpretation.


I must remember to try to eliminate alternative interpretations in stuff that I post.

1,794 posted on 10/16/2014 3:17:31 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: metmom
I don't see the point of belaboring the obvious: people die.

Are you trying to say that Mary wasn't people?

1,795 posted on 10/16/2014 3:18:40 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: metmom
If Jesus thought the two swords were "enough", it's clearly not "enough" for the defense of 12 men!! They were "enough", as He explained, for symbolic purposes, for prophecy to be fulfilled:

Luke 22:36-38

He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. For it is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.”

“That’s enough!” he replied.

And if it was for defense, why did Jesus within minutes disarm Peter, when he tried using the sword for defense? Jesus Himself explained it in the above verses: the swords were t fulfill prophecy, that He would be numbered among transgressors.

A few verses later, He disarms Peter.

And He did say "Put down the sword" just as clearly as He said Take up the cross."

1,796 posted on 10/16/2014 4:23:58 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Faith with love is the faith of Christians. Without love, it is the faith of demons. - Bede the Ven)
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To: verga; metmom
>>Prots Are the ones that take things out of context.<<

Over and over again non Catholics use multiple passsages in context and many times backed up with Hebrew or Greek to refute Catholic error. It's Catholics who cannot stand on the word of God alone. It's Catholics that need to add to God's word for their beliefs.

1,797 posted on 10/16/2014 5:04:53 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus info)
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To: metmom
attend mass,

Apologies; Sometimes these smart tablet sw programs pick the wrong words and the editor (me) misses it. There must be a setting somewhere to disable it.

1,800 posted on 10/16/2014 5:44:50 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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