For Converts of any sort: What was the greatest opposition that you faced when you chose to convert?

Question

For me this was my grandfather. He truly believed that Catholics were not Christians. I am just curious to hear your stories too.

Believe it or not sir, I was raised Southern Baptist. I converted 23 years ago.

Answer 1

i used 2 be atheist...i never thought of it like that but i didn't really believe in god so i guess i was...my greatest opposition were(and are) my parents.they don't believe and i find it embarranssing talking about faith with them.

Answer 2

I'm constantly converting into the religion of me. My life experience constantly makes me shift the way I think of God. I decided a long time ago, when Christianity started to disgust me, that no one else in this world would ever believe in God the same way I do. If this means that I pick and choose from many religions what I believe, and I'm making the other half up, then so be it. It's my f*&@ing God!

Answer 3

i quite had no competition because i did not tell each and every individual. i'm letting human beings see the transformations I have made in my existence somewhat at a time. My kinfolk became my stunning situation and they are happy with what they are seeing. even as the time is ideal i visit inform them that i'm now Muslim. by then they'll understand more and more about Islam and they received't be so a great deal shocked by or antagonistic to my conversion.

Answer 4

The hardest person was myself. I didn't care what other people thought of me, but after 15 years of Church and being taught the Bible in school, it was pretty hard to embrace logic and reason with all my heart and relinquish tired, unreliable and illogical beliefs in things for which there is little evidence for and things that make no sense.

But I'm so glad I'm not a Catholic anymore can comfortably call myself agnostic.

Answer 5

I was raised as a Catholic, but my parents were non-practising. I fell away during my teens and twenties. When I was 27 I rediscovered who Jesus really was. I received the greatest opposition from my oldest brother, who was a practising Jehovah's Witness at the time. I also received rejection from my parents, who refused to attend my baptism. Their reasoning (and I have totally forgiven them and NOT blamed them at all) was that I had been baptized as an infant. What they failed to see was that I was not in defiance of them - I felt it was extremely important to the continuance of my personal relationship with the Lord.


blessings :)

Answer 6

The biggest opposition I have faced is by friends and family who do not understand Islam. They only know what the media tells them and they tend to look no further than that. It's sad because Islam is and will remain a big part of my life. I hope they will see how it has change my life and how happy I am and begin to accept my decision.

Answer 7

When I converted to Catholicism three years ago, my sister was the only one who complained saying how we Catholics worship idols, statues, images, saints and I can't even tell you what she said about the Blessed Mother.

To this day, she tries to "convert" me back to Christianity.

Answer 8

When I decided to join the LDS Church my primary opposition were from my fellow soldiers and friends that were accustomed to my smoking, partying, and drinking with them. I faced derision from some of them, but blew it off because I knew my decision to join the Church was absolutely the right thing to do.

Only my father was LDS and he welcomed my conversion, but the remainder of my family seemed greatly disappointed.

Answer 9

Hello Debra, I'm not a convert. I have always been Catholic.

What were you before you converted to Catholic?

Answer 10

my worst fear was having to go to work knowing how my collegues felt towards islam and muslims.i did things slowly at first.but as grew in my religion i began to change till finally i just told them that i,d took the shahada and told them that i was a muslim.