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I Am a Catholic Because It is Absurd

Last updated on: February 23, 2018 at 3:59 pm By Melinda Selmys

This is my introductory post, and appropriately enough everyone on Patheos Catholic is talking about why they remain Catholic. I’m a convert. Possibly, I’m the only person in the world who can say that she’s a Catholic because Jean Paul Sartre made her do it. Basically, I was a young atheist. I had been raised as a liberal Anglican, but when I hit the age of reason I had questions about God and about faith. The answers that I received... Read more

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