I was a protestant for a long time. I converted into Protestantism from Gnosticism, and then converted to Catholicism from Protestantism.
It has been very beneficial to me and I want to give back. I know the struggle of looking at the Catholic Church from the outside. It looks weird and a little pompous.
I think however I have distilled something that I can give back to my protestant brethren.
My experience in Catholicism has been along the lines of this. I am before Jesus, and he asks, “What do you love more than me?”
There is always something. I take that something and I go and work on it. I take it to confession. I get it taken care of, sometimes it is a long process sometimes it is quick.
I go back before Jesus and he asks, “What do you love more than me?” I repeat the process. There is always something but each time I go through this I get closer to Jesus.
So, praying to Jesus, asking him what you are putting in front of him. That part is easy for protestants toyou keep going back do. What do you do with the answer?
Confession is available to Non-Catholics, if you go to a more modern church. Call ahead and ask, be sure to tell them in the confessional that you are not Catholic.
Short of that talk to a friend. Tell a good Christian friend you trust what you have put before Jesus. Ideally they will be on the same path.
Make sure you keep going back and asking.
You were Gnostic? Cool. I have been looking into that, and they have some pretty interesting ideas. Its too bad the church wiped them out. Regarding your post, you should try Roman Catholicism, loving God more than Jesus isn’t that big a deal in RC.
Well… I grew up in Christian Science. I am glad to be out of it. It doesn’t claim to be Gnostic, but it fits the pattern really well.
The Demi urge isn’t a god so much and doesn’t create. It just obscures God’s good creation. It also isn’t explained at all.
It’s a theological mess.
oh i thought it was the demi urge that created? that God was so perfect he didnt need to create?
In Christian Science matter isn’t real, it is an illusion. So ‘Error’ (the CS term for the Demi urge) created the illusion, but it isn’t real so he really didn’t create.