Fallen away Catholic. Are you affraid of the truth?

Erik,

I see there is but one real issue you have with the Catholic church. AUTHORITY As you grew in your christian faith, when you came to a certain issue that you either didn't agree with or didn't understand, what did you do? Where do you go for advice you can trust to be true? There is nothing wrong when a person growing in his faith poses questions in an earnest quest for truth. That's how we learn what the truth is. No one, then should be afraid of entertaining "perhaps." Perhaps God doesn't exist. But perhaps he does. Perhaps the Catholic church is woefully wrong in her teachings. But perhaps the Catholic church's teaching come from God himself. These kinds of question must be entertained. Those who are afraid to put their beliefs to the test in this way are clinging to an ideology that they fear will not stand up to reality. On the other hand, those who seek the truth have no fear of surrendering their beliefs to reality. Entertaining the "perhaps" is the only way to the truth. It's the only path to the surety and freedom of faith.

Faith, however, is a gift that doesn't always come all at once. The Catholic church recognizes that an educational growth process is necessary in order that individual believers... may patiently be led forward arriving at a richer understanding and fuller integration of (Christ"s) mystery in their lives. Still, if the Catholic church is who she claims to be, then the gift of faith will ultimately lead the seeker of the truth to embrace all that she teaches. If in the end a person still protests what the church teaches, then that person doesn't really believe the Catholic church.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you" Pose every question you've ever had about the Catholic church, entertain every "perhaps" you can think of, but don't be satisfied until you find the answers. The truth is not afraid of your questions. The question is, are you afraid of the truth???