Richard Sherlock Converts to Catholicism

[_Cicero]

I saw a link to this (http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/08/a-mormon-scholarrsquos-journey-to-catholic-faith) on a comment from "Noel" on the WWE blog. I had not heard that Sherlock left the Church. He is a philosopy professor at Utah State and he was written articles for both Dialogue and Sunstone that I have enjoyed. He also written for the FARMS review (e.g., http://maxwellinstitute.BYU.edu/publications/review/?vol=18&num=1&id=608).

I find stories like this fascinating. I don't think that I'll ever convert to Catholicism (it would be hard for me personally to get past indulgences and the Borgias to name a couple of things) but it has always fascinated me intellectually. I also had something of a spiritual experience in a cathedral in Toledo, Spain several years ago.

[_Blixa]

Who hasn't flirted with Catholicism? Especially coming out of the arid spaces of Mormon Sunday worship. Art! Music! Cathedrals! Cool Saints and intellectual monasteries! The intricacies of Papal Infallibility!

Had I been able to believe in god, I'm sure I would have converted in my late teens (my paternal grandmother was raised with her brothers in a Catholic orphanage in SLC).

As it is, I still have a heart-felt fondness for the Catholic tradition as well as an intellectual curiosity.

Thanks for the links, I'll take a look.

[_MCB]

Yep. I saw it over at CAF. He made it official this Easter.

[_quark]

I hope to have a love affair with Catholicism. Unfortunately, the last mass I attended gave me a bad taste. A man stood and told us how we are all like dirty dish rags. I hate dirty dish rags. I never returned after that. But you know, their churches have statues in them. I love that so much.

[_Blixa]

I hope to have a love affair with Catholicism. Unfortunately, the last mass I attended gave me a bad taste. A man stood and told us how we are all like dirty dish rags. I hate dirty dish rags. I never returned after that. But you know, their churches have statues in them. I love that so much.

Oh that doesn't sound nice at all! Thankfully, I've missed this kind of thing. I like attending mass.

I also love Guadalupe. I always say a prayer to her and light a few candles. Can't hurt.

[_Morley]

Good for Sherlock. He's taking a risk in moving toward what he regards as truth. Civilization and society are built on such instincts.




edit to add: Some of us never find the courage make such moves.

[_madeleine]

I hope to have a love affair with Catholicism. Unfortunately, the last mass I attended gave me a bad taste. A man stood and told us how we are all like dirty dish rags. I hate dirty dish rags. I never returned after that. But you know, their churches have statues in them. I love that so much.

Some homilies are better than others. Most I've heard are good, now and then I'm thinking wut.

There is a deacon at one of the parishes here that gives very Mormon-like homilies. I think he's not quite all the way out of Mormonism.

[_quark]

We should consider the Lily of the Mohawks this October. Yay for the Native Americans!

[_ludwigm]

Had I been able to believe in god...

You seem to have the same genetic defect as me.

Art! Music! Cathedrals!

As a tourist, or a guest on events of family members, I enjoy the environment.

They invented the PR long ago...

[_why me]

Good for Sherlock. He's taking a risk in moving toward what he regards as truth. Civilization and society are built on such instincts.




edit to add: Some of us never find the courage make such moves.

Well, I don't know. If someone left Mormonism over church history they should be sorely disappointed with catholic history. The religious wars between cathoilcs and protestants is a real head turner. Then of course, we have the problem of priests with a curiosity for children. And the secrecy behind it. However, those who do not make for allowances for imperfection in Mormonism seem to accept imperfection elsewhere.

Catholic history is not a bed of roses without thorns.