I found this interesting. (hell, church, Jacob, baptized)

[Okiegirlfriend]

John Calvin Made Me Catholic

By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
I was baptized on April 29, 1973, in East Paris Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My religious upbringing until college was completely CRC; my schooling through college was in Christian schools sponsored by the CRC. I can’t say that I was aware of any Protestant denominations other than the CRC. The first time I heard the words of the "Hail Mary" was from the lips of my CRC minister during a high-school catechism class. My only other contact would have been the pictures of the seven Catholic sacraments in the family encyclopedia. In many ways this "cloistered" upbringing was a great blessing to me later on: I grew up free from any anti-Catholic prejudices, and so there was no anti-Catholic bigotry on my part that had to be overcome before my conversion.

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http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2002/0203dr.asp

[Oakback]

WOW !!

And thank you for that.

I too am a convert, and had many of the same experiences

Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[Okiegirlfriend]

Glad you enjoyed it. God bless.

[REFORMED]

Oh my, I was looking for some good doctrinal meat and potatoes, but this seemed to be opinion. It would be interesting for the author of this article to have noted doctrinal reasons why they converted to Catholic from Protestant. I guess I get ahead of myself sometimes. (sigh).

Thanks for posting anyway.

[Okiegirlfriend]

Hi...

[REFORMED]

well hellllloooooooooooooo