Comments on: From atheism to Christianity: a conversion story through books

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:17:13 +0000

I am a cradle Catholic, but for a brief time in my 22 years of life I sort of fell away from the Church. I still went to Mass, but I was starting to lean more towards a pentecostal religion. Anyways, I took a look at my life and decided to give Catholicism the ultimate test to decide whether I would remain Catholic or leave the Church. To make a long story short I found Scott Hahn’s “The Lamb’s Supper,” Marcus Grodi’s “Journeys Home” and all of Patrick Madrid’s “Surprised by Truth” books, and they revolutionized my view on Catholicism. In an odd twist of events I now go to college at Franciscan University of Steubenville where both Hahn and Madrid are professors and it is not unusual to see Marcus Grodi running around campus. Anyways, I would definately suggest those books to anyone looking at Catholicism or at leaving Cathlicism. They just might change your life.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:52:03 +0000

It’s great to read about Gods touch on you to convert to Christianity but I do have a question. Why catholocism? Or conversely if you went protestant, why protestant? Isn’t it enough to simply say you are now a Christian, a follower of Christ? Catholic or protestant isn’t in the bible but this is.
Christ’s disciples told Him of a man that was casting out devils in His name but he wasn’t in their “click” and wanted to know if they could stop him. What did Christ say? Leave him alone, if he is for Me he cannot be against Me.
Simply be aChristian and thank God for it.

By: juicy outlet

juicy outlet — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:34:02 +0000

Not too many people would actually think about this the way you just did.

By: Quora

Quora — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:13:35 +0000

Why is it easier for a believer to convert into an atheist than for the atheist to convert into a believer?…

No problem; I realize, of course, that my post might have sounded a bit paranoid, but I just wanted to keep things more on Ideas than on anything else… There are quite a few Resources out there discussing interesting conversions from atheism to Chris…

By: Thoughts on becoming Catholic | Conversion Diary

Thoughts on becoming Catholic | Conversion Diary — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:22:17 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:27:31 +0000

I just ordered The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel on your recommendation.
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By: CastroMartha26

CastroMartha26 — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:09:55 +0000

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By: Book Review: The Case for Christ « My God Quest

Book Review: The Case for Christ « My God Quest — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:42:28 +0000

[...] is a popular book in the Christian apologetic world. It’s recommended reading for example here, here, here, here and here. Alternatively, there are those that disagree (for example here [...]

By: G. Rose

G. Rose — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:57:42 +0000

Hello Jennifer and everyone,
I am a cradle Catholic. Wearing Our Lady’s Brown Scapular (which she gave to St. Simon Stock and to the world to wear to merit her special protection) and praying the Rosary every day (called the best prayer after the Mass and lauded by countless saints, especially the Mother of Jesus) led my family to stop going to the modernized, Protestantized, watered-down Novus Ordo Mass (begun in the 1960′s) and to go instead to the traditional Latin Mass, the “Mass of Ages” and the “Mass of all Time,” untainted by progressivists.

This Mass is beautiful!! The priest faces towards God, along with the people. There are beautiful vestments, candles, music (especially in the High Masses) and all directs our minds and hearts towards God. You follow along with a Latin-English missal. The ancient prayers are timeless and beautiful. Communion is given ONLY by the priest directly onto your tongue, out of respect for our God.

I go to one of many chapels serviced by the Society of Saint Pius X, which is an organization of priests vocally loyal to the Pope and the Church, but resistive to the unnecessary and damaging modernizations that are being introduced by “diabolically disoriented” hierarchical members of the Church. The Society is ruthlessly attacked by libel claims of its being rebellious and factious, but we are merely holding onto Everlasting Truth–God–and His Tradition. Visit http://www.sspx.org and decide for yourself.

There are other chapels that offer the Traditional Mass, but try to get one that is only used by traditional priests. The churches that hold New Masses and Traditional Masses are likely to have particles of Hosts on the floor (terrible!) from Communion in the Hand, and New-Age-like sermons.

Sorry for the long post, and I pray that you are led ever deeper into the Love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through his beloved Mother. Amen.

By: Miłość

Miłość — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:36:07 +0000

Weird! I got a student edition of "The Case for Christ" at a book sale last Friday, and today at another book sale I found the actual book! I must be meant to read it!