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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: terycarl

Formatting?


3,401 posted on 10/26/2014 3:51:01 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Elsie
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

if only Jesus and the devil were present during thin entire encounter, how do you know how it happened...there was no one else there to record the event.

3,402 posted on 10/26/2014 3:55:31 PM PDT by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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To: editor-surveyor
I don't NEED to be coy. Why do you?

Instead of calling people names, accusing them of not being honest and generally avoiding answering the questions posed to you, why not address them honestly if you really do care about correcting "errors"?

3,403 posted on 10/26/2014 3:56:33 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: terycarl

Okay.

But that’s not a link.


3,404 posted on 10/26/2014 3:56:48 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: editor-surveyor; metmom
There is nothing from the Holy Spirit in either your posts, nor hers. Give it a break! The scent of Brimstone is easily discerned.

Maybe you should clean off your upper lip?

3,405 posted on 10/26/2014 4:00:30 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums
Maybe you should clean off your upper lip?

Easy does it.

Like one RC before, this poster is dancing all around blaspheming the Holy Spirit. But, thankfully for this recent poster's sake, he/she apparently is ignorant of what is being said. At least, I hope so.
3,406 posted on 10/26/2014 4:04:32 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: terycarl

< p > is your friend


3,407 posted on 10/26/2014 4:04:48 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom; Resettozero

AKA...a modern-day Pharisee cult.


3,408 posted on 10/26/2014 4:05:52 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: editor-surveyor
I deny that anyone’s salvation that is still alive is determined. Scripture affirms this soundly. Every apostle repeats Yeshua’s assertion that only those that endure to the end will be saved.

That is incorrect.

We are saved NOW and can be sure of it because, the God who cannot lie, tells us so.

Jesus tells us that we HAVE, present tense, eternal life now.

John 3:14-18 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 10:25-30 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”

3,409 posted on 10/26/2014 4:07:11 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Resettozero

The blasphemy is all your own, and what would you know of the Holy Spirit?

You deny the scripture he inspired!
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3,410 posted on 10/26/2014 4:07:21 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: terycarl; metmom; caww; CynicalBear; Elsie

because, remember, she was pregnant...


She was betrothed to Joseph before becoming pregnant.

“Temple Virgins” aren’t typically married off.

Your arguments appear to be primarily formed via circular logic.


3,411 posted on 10/26/2014 4:07:44 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

Catholics get confused with the facts.


3,412 posted on 10/26/2014 4:08:48 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: terycarl; metmom; caww; CynicalBear; Elsie

Is that supported by any actual scripture or did Catholics make it up?

Oh...and paragraph breaks are your friend.


3,413 posted on 10/26/2014 4:09:47 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: metmom

>> “We are saved NOW and can be sure of it because, the God who cannot lie, tells us so.” <<

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If you are dead, that may be so.

If you are alive, the word plainly states that you must endure to the end. (Mathew 24)

You simply misunderstand the verses that you posted.

Do not dismiss the true meaning of Belief in God’s word; it is a life long task.
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3,414 posted on 10/26/2014 4:11:31 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
Formatting?

it was cut and pasted as is.

3,415 posted on 10/26/2014 4:11:42 PM PDT by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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To: terycarl

You can’t do that!

If it has hard returns on short lines, you can use the “PRE” tag.


3,416 posted on 10/26/2014 4:13:55 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor; boatbums; metmom; Resettozero
>>I’ve searched for one for years, and can’t seem to find it.<<

This quote from Rood should tell the readers.

"...in 1762 the KJV was revised for the fifth time to include italicized words which denote most times when words were added to the text without corresponding verbiage in the original Hebrew or Greek. That was an invaluable addition to their original work, and I use the same protocol when I translate the Scriptures. My translation is referred to as the MIV or the Marine Infantry Version, as I began my serious study of Scripture during my time of serving with the United States Marine Corps."

And this one.

" I recommend that every one writes his own version of every sentence that they study in the Scriptures. ..."

Evidence that he uses it.

“...those who are unlearned and ignorant (of the Torah, the basic instruction from the Creator) wrestle Shaul's words to their own destruction. (II Peter 3:15-16) MIV" [The Pagan Christian Connection Exposed., 2004, Bridge-Logos]

3,417 posted on 10/26/2014 4:15:56 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear

Michael Rood is speaking there of corrections he makes in short teachings and articles. There is no “MIV.”


3,418 posted on 10/26/2014 4:19:49 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Rood is *correcting* nothing in Scripture.

He’s CORRUPTING it.


3,419 posted on 10/26/2014 4:22:07 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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