Welcome to my first of hopefully many blog posts!
The decision to join (and remain in) the Catholic Church involves three leaps of faith:
- God exists.
- Jesus Christ is God.
- He founded the Catholic Church for our salvation.
To be clear, I am not using the phrase “leap of faith,” as some do, to mean blind acceptance of a belief without good reason. For people with fully developed intellects, any ascent of faith should be well grounded in strong philosophical, historical, and scriptural arguments.
Rather, I use the word “leap” to emphasize that these core statements of faith mark three very big steps in transforming a person’s religious identity. Taking the first leap moves someone from atheism (or agnosticism) to theism. The second should bring them to Christianity. And the third should bring them into the Catholic Church.
I say “should” because, while people typically act on their beliefs, they also tend to act on their passions and desires, even when these contradict their beliefs. So it is possible for someone to believe all three of these statements yet knowingly reject Christ and his Church out of pride or persistence in mortal sins. For “even the demons believe—and shudder” (James 2:19).
Nevertheless, someone who refuses to take these three leaps of faith cannot easily join and remain in the Catholic Church. So I am devoting this blog to providing the strong philosophical, historical, and scriptural arguments to overcome doubts and help transform atheists into theists, theists into Christians, and Christians into Catholics.
Wherever you are in your faith journey, I welcome you to read along, ask challenging (and respectful) questions, and pray that the Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth. May God bless you all!
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