What a Catholic needs to consider
Q: I grew up hardly ever going to church, but my mom is Protestant Christian and I went there sometimes. My dad saw a Catholic woman [who I liked] & when I was 14 they married; in order to marry her as a Catholic he had to convert to Catholicism. When I was with them [between my mom's home and theirs] growing up, we went to mass on Sundays. I had my son at 25 and converted to Catholicism that year so he could be baptized in the Catholic church at their insistance [as the teaching goes- Heaven & Hell beliefs in RCC are tied to being in the Catholic church]. I am drawn to Catholic mass and knowing and admiring my stepmom, have been led to believe [based on her explaintions] it to be the right decision. I'm still very confused about some things though. I'm now trying to read the bible and I want to have a relationship with God. I've had trouble understanding what I'm reading, but I've finally found a bible that I can understand. It's a journaling one, b...