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Greetings,
I was born Protestant but raised in a secular
lifestyle. I attended Protestant/Charismatic
churches with true intent, but independent
of my parents and relatives. By my early twenties
I began to acknowledge my doubts about Protestantism,
and especially charismatic doctrine and practice.
Later in my twenties, I briefly fell in with
Islam and made an Islamic confession of faith,
which
I recanted within a week.
I have never doubted God, though I have often
doubted what I have been taught or self-taught
about His nature. As best I understand it, I do believe in the Nicene
Creed. I went to Islam
to find God because I am in a state of utter
ignorance. I wrongly believed the Muslim apologists
when they assured me that Muslims love and
revere Jesus, but that Christianity is fundamentally
wrong and polytheistic. Because I was afraid
of God and attempted to find truth, I looked over
there.
Only within the last few years have I began
reading from Orthodox and Catholic apologists.
I never searched in Catholicism for God or
correct Christianity, because I was raised
around those little Chick publications coupled
with a great deal of anti-Catholic rhetoric
and sermons.
- Is it possible for me to still enter Christianity?
- If so, what is the proper etiquette for
contacting and meeting a priest?
Thank you,
Richard M.
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