Starting the Journey
Where to begin. I think a lot of people that I have discussed this journey with have assumed that my interest in Catholicism is because of a number of Christian artists that I admire are either Catholic or have been interested in becoming Catholic. That's partly true, but it was actually something else that got me questioning, and that was going to Spain. Being in a country almost exclusively dominated by Catholicism as far as Christianity goes got me asking: is it really possible that everyone in this entire country is wrong? Are they all completely deceived? And walking through the beautiful cathedrals, hearing the story of Gaudi and how he designed the Sagrada Familia left a deep impression on me. Here was a man who devoted a large part of his life (to his dying day) to building something for God out of a love and passion for his Creator. Could I say that he was insincere, deceived, or even unsaved, purely because he was Catholic? Well, given the prejudice of Protestantism that ...