Former Catholics

[FaithT]

My dad once told me he didn’t care what church I went to as long as I believed in God and the church allows members to be able to go to doctors, lol.

 

[TKA_TN]

So I've never been Catholic, but have contemplated it over the course of the last 10 years. I grew up Presbyterian and went to a Catholic high school. Love Mass, but some doctrine issues bother me. I don't mean this as an attack, but I don't know why the RCC feels the need to try and define everything. Just let mystery be mystery.

I needed a church that believed Real Presence. I consider myself a conservative Christian and found the LCMS and they have a few churches in my town. We have 3 services on Sunday, with total attendance of about 500. I've never felt more at home at a church than I have at this one.

I love Lutheran theology and the more I read it, the more I find myself just nodding in agreement with it.

 

[FaithT]

So I've never been Catholic, but have contemplated it over the course of the last 10 years. I grew up Presbyterian and went to a Catholic high school. Love Mass, but some doctrine issues bother me. I don't mean this as an attack, but I don't know why the RCC feels the need to try and define everything. Just let mystery be mystery.

I needed a church that believed Real Presence. I consider myself a conservative Christian and found the LCMS and they have a few churches in my town. We have 3 services on Sunday, with total attendance of about 500. I've never felt more at home at a church than I have at this one.

I love Lutheran theology and the more I read it, the more I find myself just nodding in agreement with it.

My biggest problem with Catholicism was their ban on artificial birth control. That bothered me until I had a hysterectomy. And yes, I still used birth control despite it being forbidden.

 

[FaithT]

So I've never been Catholic, but have contemplated it over the course of the last 10 years. I grew up Presbyterian and went to a Catholic high school. Love Mass, but some doctrine issues bother me. I don't mean this as an attack, but I don't know why the RCC feels the need to try and define everything. Just let mystery be mystery.

I needed a church that believed Real Presence.

I like that, too, even though two people who’ve voiced their opinions about this, my Catholic friend and my former priest, say you can only receive Jesus in a Catholic Mass.
Frankly, the idea of Lutheran beliefs about the Real Presence make much more sense to me than transubstantiation. Still, my former priest said that he was “upset” I left Catholicism for Lutheranism.

 

[Resha Caner]

I’m a former Catholic (though they say if once a Catholic, forever a Catholic). I recently joined the Lutheran LCMS. I was wondering how many Lutherans here are former Catholics?

I started out Methodist, so not Catholic, but I understand what it's like to switch. And I married into an ancient Lutheran family. That was interesting.

If you're like me, you will learn to love the LCMS.

 

[FaithT]

I started out Methodist, so not Catholic, but I understand what it's like to switch. And I married into an ancient Lutheran family. That was interesting.

If you're like me, you will learn to love the LCMS.

So far I really love my church. I checked out five churches, I think, but I kept coming back to the Lutheran Church. And now that I know some people it’s even better.

I do a Bible Study Sunday morning and there’s about a half hour between the end of Bible Study and the service I attend. Three times now I went to their Food Court for a donut and tea.....tons of people and everybody is so friendly. Twice I had someone to sit and chat with.

And after church people aren’t in a rush to leave. They stick around for awhile and talk. My Catholic Church’s parking lot empties right away.

 

[Resha Caner]

So far I really love my church. I checked out five churches, I think, but I kept coming back to the Lutheran Church. And now that I know some people it’s even better.

I do a Bible Study Sunday morning and there’s about a half hour between the end of Bible Study and the service I attend. Three times now I went to their Food Court for a donut and tea.....tons of people and everybody is so friendly. Twice I had someone to sit and chat with.

And after church people aren’t in a rush to leave. They stick around for awhile and talk. My Catholic Church’s parking lot empties right away.

I'm glad you feel comfortable there. Church community is important to me.

 

[FaithT]

I'm glad you feel comfortable there. Church community is important to me.

Me too. I did make a lot of friends at the CC, too. I became friends with one woman and then she introduced me to many more. Most of them are a lot older than I am, though, and I’d like to make more friends my own age at church.