Originally posted to Irresistably Drawn, Summer 2005:
"I was falling prey to Chesterton's principle of conversion - - that one cannot be fair to Catholicism without starting to admire it and becoming convinced of it." - Dave Armstrong, Catholic Apologist at Cor ad cor loquitor
A fair hearing. This is all I feel I have granted in recent days. How often in our Protestant spats do we hear of one misundertood side of the equation calling for a "fair hearing?" Right? That's all that is desired. "Christian charity requires a fair hearing, whether or not we come to agree with one another."
And so, here in the face of the Catholic Church's claims, we set aside 500 years of our blatant misrepresentations of the Church and actually give Her a fair hearing, and what do we find? Well, I'm finding myself starting to admire Catholicism and becoming convinced of it.
While there is an aspect of this which is extremely terrifying, the draw does feel like a draw homeward, and yes, as my blog title indicates, it does seem irresistable.
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