Author Topic: Should I stop doing Bible study with a Protestant girl? (Read 39894 times)

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #5 on:** July 02, 2023, 05:05:54 PM »

Have her make the sign of the cross and see what that brings. Protestants don't even make the sign of the cross or know how. They don't believe in works or the intercession of the saints. Totally insane. Faith itself is work. They say "faith and works" to repeat the point and they still don't get it. If faith is a gift, it's like any gift, and all gifts involve the duty of reception. If it isn't received, it isn't accepted, and reception and acceptance constitute use which is also another kind of work.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #6 on:** July 02, 2023, 05:11:31 PM »

You very probably should stop.

But so you're not too flat footed in the future in general, some starter references:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1930084072/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1930084072&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20 />https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814610250/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0814610250&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20 />
You can find these other places than Amazon too just posting the links there for convenience. Some Protestants are raised to quote scripture out of context in their "Bible camps" and memorize tons of out of context verses in attempts to justify their heretical believes. It'd take years to memorize half so well for a Catholic or anyone at all just starting out, but, you do have the advantage of actually having the truth on your side. That's what matters.

Angelus · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2023, 05:17:06 PM »

You mentioned that some of the things this girl has said have made you doubt your Catholic faith. That is a bad sign. But it can be corrected with prayer and God's grace.

If you are Catholic, you must pray the Act of Faith regularly (preferably daily). Make sure, as you say the words of the Act of Faith, you understand what you are praying. Meditate on what the words mean. Then study whatever traditional Catholic Catechism you find most helpful. The Catechism of Trent is the best in my opinion (but it may be too advanced for some). There are many good Catechisms freely-available online. Make sure you know your Catechism well before discussing the faith with that girl again.

Until you can pray the Act of Faith honestly and can say that you know the Catechism, you should not talk to that girl about religion. If you have real "faith" that the Catholic teaching is the Truth, then nothing that girl can say will ever change your mind.

If you get to that point, it will then be a prudential decision whether you talk religion with her again. If you think she is open to converting to the Catholic Faith, then maybe you can ask her to read the Catechism with you. If she is not open to converting, don't talk to her about religion.

And do not read a Protestant Bible translation. Those Bibles have many errors in them. Stick with the Douay-Rheims. And definitely do not become romantically-involved with a non-Catholic girl.

THE ACT OF FAITH

O my God, I firmly believe
that you are one God in three divine Persons,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I believe that your divine Son became man
and died for our sins and that he will come
to judge the living and the dead.
I believe these and all the truths
which the Holy Catholic Church teaches
because you have revealed them
who are eternal truth and wisdom,
who can neither deceive nor be deceived.
Amen.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2023, 05:27:03 PM »

Quote from: Änσnymσus on July 02, 2023, 04:32:28 PM

Remove if this isn't allowed.

I (19M) have been doing one-to-one bible study with a Protestant girl (20F) for the past few weeks. She is basically teaching me as she knows a lot more about the bible.

She takes bible verses out of context and uses them to say that Protestantism is right. I'm not well versed in the bible, so sometimes they make me doubt my Catholic beliefs and on one occassion I did (very briefly) think about converting.

For example, she could ask a question and I could answer with a Catholic answer. And then she could say, "how can you say that??? This is God's word. It literally says in the verse....." and I don't have a reply back a lot of the time. I find that she always has the last word in the disagreements as I don't know much about the bible and Catholic doctrine. She listens to and shows interest in my Catholic beliefs but frequently tries to find fault with them. She really does focus more on our differences as opposed to what we have similar and when I pointed this out, she implied that Catholics aren't real Christians. The feeling is that she's trying to convert me but when I asked her what her end goal of the bible study was, she didn't mention conversion. She did mention once that she sees me as her project/mission (or something along those lines, I don't remember the wording).

Some of the stuff we do is beneficial and helpful I think, but a lot of it is stuff mentioned above.

She does show genuine interest in my Catholic beliefs and frequently asks me to tell her more and she types out my answers. She does seem to respect my beliefs so I am very conflicted on this.

I know she sounds like a prick from the description I gave above but she is not hostile at all and is very nice and civil. She called me "a good natured boy" and said she sees a lot of potential in me.

I'm worried this might be a near occasion of sin for me. But I don't think I will leave Catholicism as it's the church Christ founded.

My question is: do I need to put a stop to this bible study or should I talk my concerns over with her? Should I outright ask her if she's trying to convert me? I really like her and she is a really nice person. I don't want to lose her as a friend. I will feel so guilty if I end this after all the hours of preparation and meetings she's put into this. It's kind of like saying to her "you've been wasting your time". I genuinely like meeting her as there isn't really anyone else I can talk to about Christianity. None of my family are practicing Christians.

One half of me is saying end the bible study and the other half is saying continue it but I feel like this side is only saying that for the friendship and because I'm attracted to her and not for a religious reason.

I've been having these concerns since the bible study started but I want to make a decision on it now.

https://www.ecatholic2000.com/catena/untitled-111.shtml

https://sites.google.com/site/aquinasstudybible/

These 2 sites have plenty of resources from the fathers. I recommend you take a look how they interprete scripture.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2023, 05:27:12 PM »

I didn't even read your post, but thee answer is:

Yes, you should stop immediately.

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