Catholic Answers, the #1 apologetics site, hosts a daily radio call in show. Sometimes the program is focused on a theme but last night was an Open Forum, open to anyone from any faith, to call in with questions. CA has some of the top apologists like Jimmy Akin, Trent Horn, Fr. Trigilio, etc. and some of them are converts to the Catholic Church, having read themselves in via the Early Church Fathers. Last night, a young man named Hunter called in. He is a self professed atheist who is considering joining the Catholic Church. The reason he gives is ... the resurrection. As he explained, if this is true, then christianity is true. You can hear his question here.
This is not the first time I have heard such testimonies on that program. As you may recall, Mother Angelica established the first Catholic radio transmitter in the US. This program reaches many people across the US. New ministries, like street evangelization, have sprung up, as a result.
While the OVERALL picture, from our perspective, may seem bleak, listening to the callers to CA's daily radio program, provides insight into how God works in the hearts of souls. I recall one caller who recounted how he rented a car, turned on the radio and it was tuned to the CA program. He listened during the ride, got hooked and continued to listen after his return home. He is now enrolled in RCIA.
I’ve never listened to the program but I would browse their forums occasionally. Now that the board is unreadable, no more.
If that's the best apologetics site for Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholicism is in serious trouble.
I like Catholic Answers but also like Call to Communion where Dr. David Anders answers the questions of non-Catholic. He does a lot of explaining, often citing Scripture, Early Church Fathers, the Catechism, saints, etc.
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Catholic Answers, the #1 propaganda site, with mods which seem to be longing for the days and means of the Spanish Inquisition. site
some of them are converts to the Catholic Church, having read themselves in via the Early Church Fathers
Which is quite telling. For rather than Scripture being determintive of what the NT church believed (including how they understood the OT and gospels), as the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative source for that (in which distinctive RC doctrines are not manifest ), instead it is the uninspired words of men. And which testify to an increasing infiltration of false beliefs and traditions of men.