Is it okay for someone who was born and raised catholic to change his or her religion to Christian/Baptist?
On December - 4 - 2009
They both love the Lord and accept jesus in their heart. However there is a difference between the two but what is the difference?
I been attending a baptist church but my whole family since the beginning of time was catholic but lately I like this new church I been going to. Thanks and God Bless.
Definitely!
Catholics believe in works (that you need to earn your way into heaven) and grace, but other christians believe that God’s grace allows you to go to heaven.
You need to get away from catholicism now, and be saved by believing in Jesus alone for salvation!
And, a Baptist place is fine to attend
Catholicism is not Christian, and catholicism leads to eternal torment in hell, because catholicism teaches works for salvation, and that is a false gospel of works (Galatians 1:6-9) that is against JESUS’S salvation.
And catholicism will not give anyone a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Jesus.
Catholicism cannot save. Only believing in Jesus alone for salvation, is what saves.
So, you need to get away from catholicism, and instead, believe in JESUS ALONE for salvation!
Jesus is God, and Jesus loves you so very much!
The truth about Jesus is that the only way to be saved and to get into heaven and avoid being sent to eternal hell, is by believing in Jesus for salvation, believing in faith alone that Jesus, who is God, died on the cross for all our sins as FULL PAYMENT for all our sins, and then Jesus rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). Believe in Jesus alone for salvation, and you will be in heaven, no matter what!
Salvation is a FREE GIFT that happens in a split second when you believe in Jesus alone to save you! It is impossible to lose or "leave" salvation (John 6:39-40, John 10:28, 1 John 5:13).
Please pray now: "Jesus, I believe that You died on the cross to pay for my sins and that You rose from the dead, and I thank You for eternal life!" You will be in heaven with Him forever when you die!
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It’s your life. Do with it what you like.
Do whichever makes you happy and don’t let others push you into either.
Edit: See what I mean? The post above is stupid. Stop quoting from books and let him make his own damn decision. All religions are practically the same, anyway, but let’s not go there.
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That is more than okay; its probably the best thing you can do.
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yes
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Go for it! You will find that it will be like a second family.
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You can’t change your religion to Christian since you already are
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Definitely!
Catholics believe in works (that you need to earn your way into heaven) and grace, but other Christians believe that God’s grace allows you to go to heaven.
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Me
Yes it is ok to become a baptist. You are the one who has to build your relationship with God not anyone else. So do what you feel is best and what makes you the best person.
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If you are comfy where you are then I suggest staying right there!
God bless!
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Denominations are a concept conceived by man not God. I feel that as long as you put your faith in the right place who cares where you go to worship.
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Act in accordance with your conscience and never do what you know is wrong.
Easier said than done. Guess there will be a lot of cattylick bashing…
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Yes I was raised Catholic and now I am Baptist.
Although I went from being Catholic to denying God all together so obviously I wasn’t saved. I got saved at the age of 20. At the church I now attend.
However most Baptist churches don’t accept a Catholic baptism and the pastor is going to want to make sure you are born again believer and then have you rebastized by submersion.
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Fundamental Baptist
YES it is completely Okay. I am a christian and go to a baptist church. There is a big difference between the too. In order to be a christian you must accept Jesus into your heart, repent of your sins, and live for the lord. Catholic is more of a religion and christianity is a life style.
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the Bible
I couldn’t find the word catholic or baptist in my book.. Non-denominational dude. Just read the book and leave the names to the guy who makes the plaques for them
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You ask if it’s okay…. okay from whose perspective? From the Catholic church’s perspective, no it’s not okay. You are in schism with the Church. You are not attending mass and missing out on receiving the body of Christ.
From the Baptist’s church, of course it’s fine. You are becoming part of their community. If you believe as they do, then they will welcome you.
The question is what do you believe? If you are asking if this will affect your getting into heaven, I think you are probably okay. The Catholic church does have ecumenical relations with the other Christian churches and does not condemn it’s congregants as was done in ages past.
But you really should see a priest, or at least the pastor of your prospective new church and ask how their beliefs differ. If you are going to change churches, you should understand what you are giving up and what you are choosing to accept. At least that would be staying true to your heart.
One thing, though, you’ll notice that a lot of non-Catholics have a lot of unkind words for Catholics. Are you prepared to listen to the people you pray with talk about your family members as though they are lost souls?
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Yes it is. If you want them to know the "truth". Any way other than Jesus Christ is a lie.
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right, judging by the first answer, you are going to get people saying much untruths about catholicism. catholics believe that one is saved by grace through faith. good works are a manifestation of faith. this is what luther was saying during the reformation.
my advice to you would be to go to a priest and air your concerns because you need to hear what he has to say. be brave
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there are many differences dear, catholics have their own religion and book of doctrine, traditions and rituals, which has little to do with if anything at all to do with Jesus and His teachings, Truths and Promises, the Christian churches focus moreon God’s Holy Living Word , however many have been caused to be drunk in "her" fornications due to when the "Protestants" endearingly? named by the catholics, inadvertently took with them many of the RCC false doctrines with them and spread them within:-( i.e. the immortal soul doctrine (satanic) and their change of God’s Holy Sabbath day the 7th day to the pagan day of worship sun day amongst others, Rev. 18:4 Jesus warns us to Come out of "her"………read why……God Bless and Keep You
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not PeRfEcT/Just Forgiven
SDA
former catholic
There are certainly some similarities between the two; however, there are some key, and significant, differences. Some of these differences include:
* Salvation. Roman Catholicism teaches that salvation is a process that only starts with accepting Jesus Christ as Savior. In order to be saved, a person must perform good works. A person’s works will be used to judge the person. Going along with this is the doctrine of Purgatory. Purgatory was never a biblical concept; however, it fits within Catholic theology when one thinks of salvation as a process. That is, if a person’s purging of sin was not complete in life, one is in Purgatory to continue the process of purging sin.
The Protestant view of salvation is that it is a gift of grace (meaning that we neither deserve it nor can we earn it) from God. Our sin separates us from God, and we have not the power or the ability to fix that separation. God, out of love and grace fixes the problem for us through Jesus Christ. All we need for salvation is to accept that gift, and salvation comes by no other means. To add works to salvation means that one does not believe the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to be sufficient to conquer sin and death, and adding works is therefore a rejection of God’s gracious gift.
* Scripture. Catholics and Protestant use different Bibles. The New Testament books are identical. The difference is in the Old Testament. The Catholic OT was originally based upon the Septuagint and not ancient Hebrew manuscripts. The Septuagint was a Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures that started around the 3rd century B.C. The Septuagint included additional books that were not, and still are not, part of the Hebrew scriptures.
Protestants believe that the Apocryphal writings were not used by the Jews as scripture, and Jesus and his disciples did not use them. Without the Apocrypha, Catholic doctrine such as Purgatory and praying to the dead have no biblical basis. Additionally, the Apocrypha has many historical and chronological errors adding to their questionable authenticity.
* Authority of Scripture. In a nutshell, Catholicism insists that it is the prerogative of the church through the Pope and its Bishops to interpret the Bible, and not the individual. Protestants believe that the Bible is the sole authority for God’s word for each person.
* Mary. The Catholics believe that because God chose Mary to be the mother of Christ the Lord, Mary has a holy union with Jesus, and further believe "the Church’s devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is intrinsic to Christian worship" (Marialis Cultus 56).
While Protestants acknowledge Mary’s motherhood of Christ and respect God’s choice and her obedience, she was not divine. Further, neither Jesus nor the disciples taught the Catholic inclusion of Mary in worship. Mary, herself, confessed that she was in need of a Savior (Luke 1:47). The early Christians also never practiced the veneration of Mary (see the book of Acts).
The differences in Catholicism and Protestant Christianity are very significant.
Is it OK for someone to convert? Yes! Your source of God’s word is the Bible.
Here’s a video message from Pete Briscoe in which he illustrates the gift of Salvation. It’s about 10 minutes if you have the time and are interested:
http://www.tellingthetruth.org/video/index.asp
I hope this helps.
God bless.
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I like the Catholic and Baptist; I’m Lutheran. The Catholics are the original Christian church. They have a lot of history and ritual. The Baptists are newer, and I’ve seen that the Baptists: don’t usually know about following Lent or Ash Wednesday, don’t have holy water, don’t do confession with a priest/pastor, don’t have a Catholic Bible but a Protestant one that excludes about 12 of the books in the Catholic Bible, don’t do confirmation, believe that the communion is a remembrance of Jesus’ last supper and so don’t believe the Holy Spirit is present in the communion bread and wine, Baptists usually do whole-body baptism, Baptists have tracts to help people pray to get saved to Jesus, no pope. Baptists are like Billy Graham. Good stuff either way.
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Aristotle
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you are not "locked" into a certain religion go where God is leading you
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Nope, not okay.
The core beliefs between Catholics and Baptists are the same (i.e., Jesus is Lord), but the practical differences are many. Baptists have only one sacrament (baptism) and they don’t count your baptism, even though you were baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. So you’d be missing out on Sacraments like Reconciliation (commanded in the Bible in James 5:16) and the Holy Eucharist.
Speaking of the Eucharist, Baptists don’t have that at all. They seem to think that the Lord is incapable of turning bread and wine into His Most Precious Body and Blood — never mind the fact that in the Bible, we learn that He can change things (water into wine) and multiply things (feeding of the 5,000). But we Catholics know that Jesus can and does work this miracle so that we can receive Grace from Him.
Baptists tend to be rigid. If you do this, you’re good and they like you. If you do that, you’re backsliding and we can’t associate with you any more. They are notoriously anti-Catholic and often repeat many lies about Catholicism (Catholics aren’t allowed to read the Bible, Catholics worship Mary, Catholics believe you have to work your way to heaven, etc. — ALL LIES). What does it tell you about a church if they promote lies about another church?
You don’t say WHY you like the baptist church and you also don’t say why you feel dissatisfied about the Catholic Church. Sometimes it is a lack of education. I suggest you take a class about Catholicism or read a good book about it (such as "What Catholics Really Believe" by Karl Keating or "On Being Catholic" by Thomas Howard…and throw in "The How-To Book of the Mass" by Michael Dubriel while you’re at it). You can also take a class about the Baptist faith at that church if you want to…and if one exists. I’ve never heard of Baptists having a class about the Baptist faith, because it’s pretty one-dimensional and a preacher could probably explain it to you in five minutes. Or read a book about the Baptist faith. That will help you figure out the differences.
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