First Impressions: Discovering Catholicism
In asking Chat GPT what I should write about next to make this not only an outlet for my thoughts but maybe even an evangelical tool, it was suggested to me that I might write about my initial thoughts on Catholicism. So, the task at hand: 'Share your initial reactions and any misconceptions you had about the faith.' Where do I start? I had a hangup with the idol worshipping, the praying to Mary thing, the crucifixion of Jesus at each mass, confession to a priest, THE POPE, and his infallibility. I mean really the list could go on. As I was becoming Catholic each time we covered a new topic I would be challenged by what I thought I believed and then discovered a richer fuller version of Jesus and tradition. Other people would bring up other things that I might have a problem with and one by one as I took some time to read and ask questions the whole darn faith opened up to me. I will go through some of these here and others later. I will cover some of these in more depth in fo...
