another "why catholic" guy!!

mmm.. not sure if anyone reads this, since i never log in.. or blog on here. but i found an interesting site today. its actually a blog, as well, written by a former baptist minister converted to catholicism.. there were a few things he said that struck a cord. his conversion story, though different, is quite similar to many of the other post-prostestant minister convert to catholicism that i've read... here were afew things that i related with..

his blog sit is: http://why_catholic.blogspot.com/

i'd love it if you read it and told me what you thought. :) its a lot about his conversion but there are some things i'm sure you'd find interesting.. here goes with some quotes i copied off his blog:


"...the deeper I searched for the truth, the further into the ancient Church I was drawn.."

"I don't mean to paint such a negative picture. Most all protestants I know are godly people who love and serve Jesus Christ the best they know how. They want nothing more than to please Christ with their lives, but Catholicism is something truly foreign to them. They have only vague knowledge and assumptions on Church teaching and practice based on what they see in the media (and we all know how accurately the media portrays the Church). Catholicism makes them uncomfortable because of the unfamiliarity.

The Eucharist is one of the largest reasons for my conversion to Catholicism. In seminary, we studied the two ordinances observed by Baptists, namely Communion and Baptism. The more I studied Scriptures, the reformers, and the early Church, the more I realized that there was more to Communion than "just" a memorial. Too many of these sources were teaching that Christ was present in a real way during this activity. Scripture was also clear that the rituals prescribed for His people always had a deeper meaning than a mere observance. They were times of drawing nearer to God. And why would people be sick and dying for not "discerning the body correctly" if it was just a memorial piece of bread?

John 6:52-59

The Jews disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you; he who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me will live because of Me. This is the bread which came from Heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever." This He said in the synagogue, as He taught in Capernaum.


It amazes me now to think how anyone could attempt a defense of a symbolic reading of this passage. This is merely their own theology dictating to them the meaning of the passage, and that flawed process is called eisegesis. They are putting their own meaning and thoughts into the Scripture rather than accept the truth as Christ plainly teaches.

I realized my own errors in this regard while still a protestant minister. I was not yet willing to become Catholic, but I believed that the Eucharist was exactly as Christ and His disciples taught. There were still many questions, but I was running out of excuses to avoid converting. Scripture was so clear and I was finding that everything in history echoed the truth about the authority of Christ's Church, the Eucharist, Baptism, and more.

I find this typical of many Catholics today. You don't know your faith and that is why many of you leave for protestant congregations, or leave when controversy strikes. If you knew what you have as a Catholic, not only would you not leave BUT you would also share and defend your rich faith."