For many years he was an Anglican [an English Episcopalian] later in life, he converted to Catholicism. His reason for doing this was because all of the protestants left the Catholic church, claiming to have the truth. Today there are 33,000 protestant denominations all claiming to have the truth.
He was tired of the bickering. He said he was going home to the mother church.
I am not writing this to encourage you to go to the Catholic Church [though there would be nothing wrong with you doing so] I am writing this to make the point that all of our protestant churches act like they have the truth. Yet there are 33,000 different versions of the truth.
You have a right to question what your church teaches. You have a right to question what your pastor says.
Four blind men are leading an elephant. One has the trunk, one has the tail, one has an ear and one has the leg. Later they are asked what an elephant is like. The one who had the trunk says that an elephant is like the arm of a strong man. The one that has the tail says that an elephant is like a snake. The one who has the ear says that an elephant is like a piece of leather and the one who has the leg says that an elephant is like the trunk of a tree.
None of us has all of the truth. Most of us, myself included, have much less of the truth than we would like to believe. It is ok to have questions. It is ok to ask questions.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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