Great video! I was Catholic (raised), I became Evangelical for about 5-6 years, then I came back to Catholicism.

Great video! I was Catholic (raised), I became Evangelical/Protestant for a few years, then I became Unitarian and eventually Christadelphian.

This is a Great and fascinating video, i would like to comment a longer content. but really it resonated with me. I was born in a baptist first non denom family, the religion shift of my family was brought by my granny, who is verily the antitesis to "submit to a religious authority" (except herself ofc) and IIRC i traveled across all those steps (and my brother who followed me after, he even got baptized before me :) ) and now that Douglas mentioned it that the catholic faith paradigm says that faith is a wilfull submision to a religious authority, hits on the spot !

Excellent discussion. Thank you.

Wow! Your information is exactly what I have been searching for. So clear & understandable. Thank you for putting this content out for others to learn from. Very grateful for your insight!

Glory to the Triune God. A lot of your discussions equally apply to those "converting" from Protestantism to Greek Orthodox. In spite of the Schism, we do have a lot in common, more so than many realise. I actually went through a more complex process. My family roots are Greek Orthodox and I strayed to and tested several other denominations, not all Protestant (and far worse), but eventually circled back to my roots and now I am settled. Let’s rejoice as one true Church of our Lord and God Jesus Christ. God Bless.

Doug, very powerful.

Dear Dr. Beaumont, If it's possible, would you please make a video dealing with a loneliness of converts on his/her journey from group A to group B (before/during/after the religious conversion)? Thank you.

Douglas I don't know if you'll see this but I'd love a more in depth video on the Catholic paradigm and how it differs from Protestantism.

Hey Douglas, I bought Smith's book based solely on the title which I love!. Thanks for the recomendation. I'm Catholic now but trying to figure out my previous Baptist faith. I think this book will be helpful.

Thank you for this video. I am a recent Catholic convert, and have been struggling lately with my newfound faith (I suppose I'm in that "resistance" process right now, trying to re-enter "stasis" unsuccessfully). The crisis within the church has really been brought to the forefront for me, and it definitely has caused me to "drift" and sometimes re-enter "crisis," unsure of what to do. I very much appreciated your thought that "faith is the willful submission to a religious authority." I've never thought of it this way before, but it makes sense. I think I have never *really* reckoned with the idea of the Papacy, and have approached Catholicism so far as a "set of beliefs" that I was mostly argued into: the episcopacy, the eucharist, the sacraments, etc. The Papacy seemed logical when I converted (baptized only a few months ago!), but recent controversies and the realization of the crisis in the church, worldwide -- and what seems a real lack of leadership from the Pope -- have caused me to question and wonder. These are, so to speak, the "aberrations" I just don't have an answer to right now. I'll need to think on this more. If you have any resources to suggest, please let me know. I'm really struggling with all this.

Amazing content as usual!

Is it true that the coauthor of Norman Geislers book "Is Rome the true church" Joshua Betancourt ended up converting to Catholicism as well?

Dispensationalism. Can you explain it for me? This concept makes sense to me. Thanks! Wayne 😇

This was an awesome video - so very helpful, and helps me to understand my own experience, which mirrors exactly the stages that you described. I loved how you noted that resistance comes AFTER the shift - yes, yes it does, and it's powerful. My own journey through this whole process took 15-20 years, maybe longer. My one question is the following: It seems like the conversion process that you are describing concerns "good faith" conversions - honest doubts leading to an honest change of heart (for right or for wrong). However, a lot of deconversions that I see seem not to be made in good faith, but made out of - for example - a desire to live in sin without feeling guilty about it. So, not a "good faith" situation. Does the same conversion process still apply? I was trying to work that out and couldn't quite come to a yes or a no. Love your channel - thanks! Diana

It seems I have been way too hard on protestants in my discourses with them, and I guess that means I've been uncharitable. The part where you talk about reading Scott Hahn and basically not getting it shows how difficult it can be for protestants. There must be a huge level of cognitive dissonance to be able to overlook cogent arguments, and I guess I've failed to understand that. I've just thought of protestants as stubborn, prideful and dishonest, because I can't understand how they don't get it. I've often been in debates with some on youtube, only for them to fall completely silent when a point I've made becomes crystal clear to them and they can't refute it, but have then seen the same person arguing against Catholicism on another video with another Catholic a few months later whom they perceive to be less knowledgeable in their faith, and this I find to be a very prideful and perhaps malicious attitude. I personally am a cradle Catholic who in 2012 became convinced Catholicism was wrong due to a highly conspiratorial anti Catholic video I saw on KZfaq. I didn't have enough knowledge of the faith, or of any historical context at the time to be able to refute it, and so left the church for a time, although this didn't lead me to seek out a protestant denomination to join, I just drifted for a few years. Of course, when I discovered that the video was nonsense, I came back, and I owe a lot to Catholic answers for that. I guess I have a bit of anger in me towards certain types of protestants, especially the vehemently anti Catholic ones, for almost causing me to lose my faith in Catholicism. Anyway, I need to do better in my discourses with protestants and be kinder, your video has shown me that. Thanks and God bless. PS. You should have way more subscribers.

I'm trying to get this to be a thing but a Protestant who becomes Catholic should be called an invert. Frankly you're inverting on one main issue to get you in place.

Hi, I went through this whole paradigm shift over a period of years, coming to the conclusion that the trinity was not right. So, obviously I now think the church went down the wrong road at some stage, by misunderstanding some scriptures.. The evangelical church has disowned me, of course, but this attitude has been carried over from the catholic church. I think the church should have room for people like me who have a different point of view, rather than seeing them as heretics. After all, how can one group be so confident that they are right. I can put up with trinitarians because I used to be one myself, and I was one with a good conscience. I can't understand why the trinitarian paradigm has to include seeing people outside that paradigm as heretics. I'm not suggesting that there are no heretics. Has the catholic church made any room for people like myself? Thanks