False Christian Denominations

[John3v36]

Originally posted by violet:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />You my find seat warmers leave but not
"born again christians"

Have you actually had a conversation with someone who converted to Catholicism? [/QB]</font>[/QUOTE]I'm Ex-RC

All the people I know who left a christian church for Catholicism they like the service the people are friendly, my wife made me etc....

 

[violet]

I'm glad God's my judge and not the Baptist Board...

 

[violet]

Originally posted by John3v36:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by violet:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />You my find seat warmers leave but not
"born again christians"

Have you actually had a conversation with someone who converted to Catholicism? </font>[/QUOTE]I'm Ex-RC

All the people I know who left a christian church for Catholicism they like the service the people are friendly, my wife made me etc.... [/QB]</font>[/QUOTE]I'm sure that's your experience. I've known people who have gone both ways and I haven't heard of anyone (going from either direction) say that it was not their full desire to do so.

 

[tragic_pizza]

Originally posted by violet:
I'm glad God's my judge and not the Baptist Board...

Ain't that the truth!

 

[Living4Him]

Does anybody here personally know anyone who had been "born again" and then became a Catholic? I just don't see born again Christians flocking into Catholic churches, but I do see conversions the other direction.

And my response on page one of this thread.

Yes, I am one of them.

I guess no one wanted to touch this with a ten foot pole. (Wink)

 

[Living4Him]

Oh yes, I was firmly "grounded" in the Word of God. I was "born again" at the age of 5. At the age of thirteen I went forward for assurance of salvation and was told that I had to repent and be rebaptized because I probably didn't mean it at the age of 5. So, I repented again and asked Christ to be My Lord and Savior.

I was educated in an IFB School, I was on Bible Quiz team, Bible Memory Association, and an Awana Leader, etc.


Oh yes, I was always in trouble because I was told that my interpretation of the Bible was "too Catholic"

I guess the Holy Spirit was leading me "home" even as a small child.

 

[Doubting Thomas]

Originally posted by Living4Him:
Oh yes, I was firmly "grounded" in the Word of God. I was "born again" at the age of 5. At the age of thirteen I went forward for assurance of salvation and was told that I had to repent and be rebaptized because I probably didn't mean it at the age of 5. So, I repented again and asked Christ to be My Lord and Savior.

Wow, you and I have similar stories. I walked an aisle and was baptized at age 7 and did it again at a revival at age 14. (I lacked assurance and didn't know if it "took" the first time)

I was educated in an IFB School, I was on Bible Quiz team, Bible Memory Association, and an Awana Leader, etc.

I was an RA and active member of the youth group, had daily quiet times, and was in several discipleship groups. I could proof text the Bible in support of "Baptistic" doctrines with the best of 'em (and could deftly explain away those troublesome passages...or so I thought...)

Oh yes, I was always in trouble because I was told that my interpretation of the Bible was "too Catholic"

I guess the Holy Spirit was leading me "home" even as a small child.

It's only been within the past couple of years that my interpretation of the Bible has become decidely more "catholic" (though not necessarily "Roman") after re-visiting some of the more "contraversial" passages (at least to a Baptist) and seeing how they were interpreted by the earliest Christians (ie at face value).

PS: Hey, Living4Him, what do you think about the "Peter in Rome" thread below? I'd like to see a Roman Catholic response (there is so few of y'all left here since the "Great Purge").

 

[Doubting Thomas]

PS: Hey, Living4Him, what do you think about the "Peter in Rome" thread below? I'd like to see a Roman Catholic response (there is so few of y'all left here since the "Great Purge").

Never mind--you posted it even as I was posting my response.

 

[Living4Him]

PS: Hey, Living4Him, what do you think about the "Peter in Rome" thread below? I'd like to see a Roman Catholic response (there is so few of y'all left here since the "Great Purge").

Just now added my response.

 

[Living4Him]

 

[BobRyan]

TP
It is also possible that you, like I, do not know everything there is to know.

Just an observation. You and steaver are passing judgement on soemeone you've never met. I know this guy, and can attest to his faith in Christ.

In contrast, I can only see your religious attitudes and judgementalism. Were I to base my assessment of your Christianity thus, it would be unfairly bleak, as I am sure in real life you are both people who live out the word of God.

Just an observation. Ignore it at will.

My post did not say anything about your friend - just that I could think of a "few ways that might happen".

If you note the details in my post - I do not argue that your friend could not be a Catholic that is also a good Christian.

Please note - I am neither Baptist nor Catholic.

In Christ,

Bob

 

[tragic_pizza]

Sounded like it.

 

[BobRyan]

Originally posted by Living4Him:

Oh yes, I was firmly "grounded" in the Word of God. I was "born again" at the age of 5. At the age of thirteen I went forward for assurance of salvation and was told that I had to repent and be rebaptized because I probably didn't mean it at the age of 5. So, I repented again and asked Christ to be My Lord and Savior.

I was educated in an IFB School, I was on Bible Quiz team, Bible Memory Association, and an Awana Leader, etc.


Oh yes, I was always in trouble because I was told that my interpretation of the Bible was "too Catholic"

I guess the Holy Spirit was leading me "home" even as a small child.

Wouldn't it have been great if as an IFB teen you could have come to a board like this - seen the RC position asked "hard questions" and seen the RC poster asking their own "hard questions" to see how it all panned out -- before making that leap?

IN Christ,

Bob

 

[tragic_pizza]

Or, have been scared completely away from the Christian faith, and become a Wiccan. I could see that happening quite easily, Bob.

 

[Living4Him]

before making that leap?

I actually made the "leap" last year, at the age of 35.

Now that I have reconciled to the Catholic Church, I am closer to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am also more fulfilled in my vocation as a Christian wife, mother, and homemaker.

 

[tragic_pizza]

That's quite a testimony to the love of Christ, living. Thanks for sharing.

 

[BobRyan]

Originally posted by Living4Him:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />before making that leap?

I actually made the "leap" last year, at the age of 35.

Now that I have reconciled to the Catholic Church, I am closer to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am also more fulfilled in my vocation as a Christian wife, mother, and homemaker. </font>[/QUOTE]Are you the only Catholic in your family? Your husband and children are still IFB??

In Christ,

Bob

 

[Living4Him]

Are you the only Catholic in your family? Your husband and children are still IFB??

No, my husband and children reconciled at the same time.

My parents, brothers, and sister are still IFB. However, my sister doesn't attend church much.

 

[steaver]

#1. The rule for exegesis is to exegete chapters of the infallible text -- not "topics" which are collections fallibly assembled so as to be possibly be "incomplete".

Hi Bob, where is this rule written which states that you must stay within a "chapter"? Please give me your source.

Isn't "Romans" a full letter written by Paul via the Holy Spirit? Did Paul write this letter in "chapters"?

God Bless!

 

[steaver]

Why use quotation marks around study as if it weren't actually studying? Being 2000 years away and different languages apart from the time of Christ, it makes sense that a person would want to go and read and study what the original documents said and what the early believers believed them to mean in their context. That requires study.

I quoted study because I cannot believe that a person who studies to show themselves approved unto God, rightly dividing the word of truth, precept upon precept, would come to the conclusion that the catholicism is preaching the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ! Just my view from what I have learned from comparing Scriptures to their teachings.

God Bless!