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How did you come into your religious affiliation?
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:19 am
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:19 am
Regardless of your religion or denomination, at what age did you get involved in it and is it the same as your parents? If it IS different from your parents, was faith a point of contention for a sustained period of time?
Not looking for arguments at all... just curious to see the different ways the OT got involved in their respective faiths.
Not looking for arguments at all... just curious to see the different ways the OT got involved in their respective faiths.
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Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:26 am to yadaddy
My mom is very religious, dad is so-so. We went to Church growing up but was never really forced to, and probably went 1-2 times a month. They go every Sunday now. Mom and dad both wanted me to figure it out on my own. I became much more religious as I became an adult. I'm protestant.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:27 am to yadaddy
The first time before communion I heard.."We would like to remind you that this is not our table. This is not the methodist Church's table. This is the table of our God and all are welcome. You don't have to be a member of this church of any church." I knew I was home.
Took 40 years, being baptized as Catholic, growing up in a Catholic school and in the Catholic Church but worth the wait.
Took 40 years, being baptized as Catholic, growing up in a Catholic school and in the Catholic Church but worth the wait.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:33 am to Mushroom1968
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I became much more religious as I became an adult. I'm protestant.
Similar story here. Baptized and confirmed into Roman Catholicism but as I got into my 20s my beliefs looked much more like a reformed baptist or PCA presbyterian. Was certainly a point of contention at first but much less now.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:34 am to yadaddy
My father is Catholic and my mother is Baptist. I was baptized Catholic as a baby, to make my grandparents happy. My dad isn’t a church goer, though, unless it’s a funeral or Christmas, so I went to the Baptist church with my mother. I was baptized and joined the church when I was 13. So I consider myself Baptist. My Catholic grandparents didn’t have an issue with my choice. I did attend a mass here or there with them, but it wasn’t my cup of tea.
This post was edited on 7/1/25 at 10:37 am
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:39 am to yadaddy
Cradle Catholic, like both of my parents, and their parents, and their parents, and so on
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:52 am to Cuz413
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Cradle Catholic, like both of my parents, and their parents, and their parents, and so on
out of curiosity, do you find that the faith has truly remained in the family, or is it the tradition of following a certain denomination that has become a staple? And I ask that respectfully... same could be asked about any denomination to anyone whose family has a generational belief system. I'm not implying that this is a bad thing either, so I hope the question isn't received in way that's unintended.
This post was edited on 7/1/25 at 10:58 am
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:58 am to yadaddy
Blood-letting ritual…
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:00 am to Knight of Old
Went to LSU. Listened to the Mythology professor. Learned my entire Catholic upbringing was a scam and all the stories are the same but older in other parts of the world. Decided to stop believing in the fairytale.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:02 am to yadaddy
Generations of my family before me were/are catholic. I always went to catholic school. I was a part of all of the sacraments as a youngster, but was really just following along with what all of my peers were doing. Once I was out of the house, I didn’t practice a faith at all really.
It wasn’t until I met my now wife that I started going to, what I would call, Bible Churches. Very quickly I realized that I had been taught how to be a catholic and not about the word of God. My faith has grown exponentially since.
It has never really been a point of contention with other family members. I’m sure a lot of them think I am “doing it the wrong way” but never an issue. Some even come to our church from time to time.
It wasn’t until I met my now wife that I started going to, what I would call, Bible Churches. Very quickly I realized that I had been taught how to be a catholic and not about the word of God. My faith has grown exponentially since.
It has never really been a point of contention with other family members. I’m sure a lot of them think I am “doing it the wrong way” but never an issue. Some even come to our church from time to time.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:28 am to yadaddy
Left the family faith of SBC around 20.
Got involved in a weird, uncommon, mixture of dispensationalism and reformed soteriology.
Left the church completely for a few years.
Joined a Presbyterian church with my future wife.
Been there for 7.5 years.
More Anglican/Episcopalian at heart now, but still cool with my local Presbyterian church.
Got involved in a weird, uncommon, mixture of dispensationalism and reformed soteriology.
Left the church completely for a few years.
Joined a Presbyterian church with my future wife.
Been there for 7.5 years.
More Anglican/Episcopalian at heart now, but still cool with my local Presbyterian church.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:30 am to ColdDuck
quote:Every old story is the same led you to believing it was all a fairy tale. Not the deepest thought you've ever had...
Went to LSU. Listened to the Mythology professor. Learned my entire Catholic upbringing was a scam and all the stories are the same but older in other parts of the world. Decided to stop believing in the fairytale.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:33 am to yadaddy
The majority of my family are Calvinist or Sovereign Grace as some people know it by. Anyway, I was raised in a very religious atmosphere, baptized, accepted Christ and all that good stuff, but one day I made another decision that lead me down a different path. For reasons I won't get into, I've turned my back on religion.
This post was edited on 7/1/25 at 11:51 am
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:41 am to yadaddy
Over generations my family has been all across the board. I was reared as a Methodist but even as a child I knew something was missing.
As an adult I started attending church with some renegade Episcopalians who used the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and things like that, but I never stopped searching. Over the course of seven years I poured into learning everything I could before coming to the conclusion that the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is the only true religion.
Converting to Catholicism is the one thing I have done in my life that I know with absolute certainty was the right thing to do.
As an adult I started attending church with some renegade Episcopalians who used the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and things like that, but I never stopped searching. Over the course of seven years I poured into learning everything I could before coming to the conclusion that the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is the only true religion.
Converting to Catholicism is the one thing I have done in my life that I know with absolute certainty was the right thing to do.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:55 am to Missouri Waltz
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Converting to Catholicism is the one thing I have done in my life that I know with absolute certainty was the right thing to do.
What learning material would you recommend to a once catholic, now protestant, person? I have no interest in arguing or putting down other belief systems... the goal is just to be aligned with scripture, and if you believe you've found that in Catholicism, I'd love to do that same learning. Trent is tough for me though, I'll be honest.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:55 am to yadaddy
I was raised non-denominational by my parents. My mother, especially, was a huge influence on me. She taught us to love, not to judge, and always share with others.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 11:59 am to yadaddy
quote:I get why Catholicism is attractive, but I can't buy transactional salvation.
What learning material would you recommend to a once catholic, now protestant, person? I have no interest in arguing or putting down other belief systems... the goal is just to be aligned with scripture, and if you believe you've found that in Catholicism, I'd love to do that same learning. Trent is tough for me though, I'll be honest.
It's all of God, or it doesn't happen at all.
And yes, I know they say that it's all of God, but the church is the dispenser of grace...and then you have to continually choose to receive the grace.
That's transactional, and it's law based. No way around it.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 4:19 pm to yadaddy
Man, I don't even know where to start. At the time I lived in Alexandria, VA and information was easy to come by. I got my Catholic books in DC from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. That was before the computer age.
My advice would be to go to an online Catholic bookstore and buy some books that look interesting. Some will be total duds but some will be walk off home runs. The more I read the more questions I had. I guess the two things in particular that made up my mind are Matthew 16:18 (upon this rock I build my church) and the Apparitions of Fatima. If those apparitions were not real then they were the greatest case of mass hysteria in human history.
Never in my life have I met any Protestant who could explain to me why they believe what they do other than it is not Catholicism. Hence the Catholic Church is the standard by which all others are judged.
My advice would be to go to an online Catholic bookstore and buy some books that look interesting. Some will be total duds but some will be walk off home runs. The more I read the more questions I had. I guess the two things in particular that made up my mind are Matthew 16:18 (upon this rock I build my church) and the Apparitions of Fatima. If those apparitions were not real then they were the greatest case of mass hysteria in human history.
Never in my life have I met any Protestant who could explain to me why they believe what they do other than it is not Catholicism. Hence the Catholic Church is the standard by which all others are judged.
This post was edited on 7/1/25 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 7/1/25 at 4:56 pm to Missouri Waltz
quote:I think I just explained it.
Never in my life have I met any Protestant who could explain to me why they believe what they do other than it is not Catholicism.
Catholicism is the default position in the West. But I have reasons why I can’t be Catholic, though I wish we could all be united.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 5:18 pm to bayoubengals88
Matthew 16:19. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be also loosed in heaven.
There is nothing ambiguous about that.
There is nothing ambiguous about that.
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