There seems to be a lot of people converting to Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy from Protestantism, including from Reformed backgrounds. I've also seen people who were inquiring into Christianity getting sucked into one of these churches because they were convinced that Protestantism couldn't possibly be true because it's comparatively "new." This trend has reached epidemic levels among politically conservative men under the age of 30 who are interested in history (a group I would include myself in). There has been a successful push to portray the Reformers as the leftists of their day. Furthermore, Protestants in general seem unaware of this trend or are doing nothing to combat it.
While I grew up in a Christian household, I didn't begin to take Christianity seriously until I was 22 years old. At the time, I was in a country where Christianity was heavily restricted and I wasn't going to church (I attended a government-approved church one time). I would read a chapter of the Bible every day and I would sometimes listen to Christian content on YouTube. I was soon introduced to the world of Roman Catholic (and to a much lesser extent Eastern Orthodox) apologetics. I found a lot of their arguments very compelling. When I was younger, I had seen Roman Catholicism as a joke, I thought that the existence of bad popes disproved their entire system. But they said a lot of things that I had no answer for. Every objection I had to Roman Catholicism, they seemed to have an answer to. I had also come across some Catholic extremist groups like Most Holy Family Monastery (a breakaway cult from Rome claiming to be the true Catholicism), whose arguments in favor of works salvation and tradition were more advanced than what is typical on the internet. This cult runs a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers.
I looked for answers. Catholics were putting way more content on the internet than Protestants. I would type "Catholic converts to Protestantism" on Google and the search results would mostly be the opposite. Finally, I found Protestants who took the time to debunk Catholic apologists. I watched James White debates where he refuted a lot of Catholic claims, especially about church history. I watched An Earnest Plea to Roman Catholics, which is in my opinion the best treatment on the subject I've ever seen. And finally, I finished reading through the Bible, and I noticed that the New Testament especially seems much closer to Protestantism than Catholicism. Sadly, James White and Ancient Paths TV's videos have considerably less views than Catholic channels. All the Roman Catholic objections have been answered, but you have to go out of your way to try to find them. Which brings me to my question, what is the church doing about the increasing conversions to Rome or Constantinople?
While I grew up in a Christian household, I didn't begin to take Christianity seriously until I was 22 years old. At the time, I was in a country where Christianity was heavily restricted and I wasn't going to church (I attended a government-approved church one time). I would read a chapter of the Bible every day and I would sometimes listen to Christian content on YouTube. I was soon introduced to the world of Roman Catholic (and to a much lesser extent Eastern Orthodox) apologetics. I found a lot of their arguments very compelling. When I was younger, I had seen Roman Catholicism as a joke, I thought that the existence of bad popes disproved their entire system. But they said a lot of things that I had no answer for. Every objection I had to Roman Catholicism, they seemed to have an answer to. I had also come across some Catholic extremist groups like Most Holy Family Monastery (a breakaway cult from Rome claiming to be the true Catholicism), whose arguments in favor of works salvation and tradition were more advanced than what is typical on the internet. This cult runs a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers.
I looked for answers. Catholics were putting way more content on the internet than Protestants. I would type "Catholic converts to Protestantism" on Google and the search results would mostly be the opposite. Finally, I found Protestants who took the time to debunk Catholic apologists. I watched James White debates where he refuted a lot of Catholic claims, especially about church history. I watched An Earnest Plea to Roman Catholics, which is in my opinion the best treatment on the subject I've ever seen. And finally, I finished reading through the Bible, and I noticed that the New Testament especially seems much closer to Protestantism than Catholicism. Sadly, James White and Ancient Paths TV's videos have considerably less views than Catholic channels. All the Roman Catholic objections have been answered, but you have to go out of your way to try to find them. Which brings me to my question, what is the church doing about the increasing conversions to Rome or Constantinople?
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