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    Why I Am Catholic: (and You Should Be Too)
    Why I Am Catholic: (and You Should Be Too)
    Why I Am Catholic: (and You Should Be Too)
    Audiobook4 hours

    Why I Am Catholic: (and You Should Be Too)

    Written by Brandon Vogt

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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    With atheism on the rise and millions tossing off religion, why would anyone consider the Catholic Church? Brandon Vogt, a bestselling author and the content director for Bishop Robert Barron's Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, shares his passionate search for truth, a journey that culminated in the realization that Catholicism was right about a lot of things, maybe even everything. His persuasive case for the faith reveals a vision of Catholicism that has answers our world desperately needs and reminds those already in the Church what they love about it. A 2016 study by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 25 percent of adults (39 percent of young adults) describe themselves as unaffiliated with any religion. Millions of these so-called “nones” have fled organized religion and many more have rejected God altogether. Brandon Vogt was one of those nones. When he converted to Catholicism in college, he knew how confusing that decision was to many of his friends and family. But he also knew that the evidence he discovered pointed to one conclusion: Catholicism is true. To his delight, he discovered it was also exceedingly good and beautiful.Why I Am Catholic traces Vogt's spiritual journey, making a refreshing, twenty-first century case for the faith and answering questions being asked by agnostics, nones, and atheists, the audience for his popular website, StrangeNotions.com, where Catholics and atheists dialogue. With references to Catholic thinkers such as G. K. Chesterton, Ven. Fulton Sheen, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and Bishop Robert Barron, Vogt draws together lines of evidence to help seekers discover why they should be Catholic as an alternative.Why I Am Catholic serves as a compelling reproposal of the Church for former Catholics, a persuasive argument for truth and beauty to those who have become jaded and disenchanted with religion, and at the same time offers practicing Catholics a much-needed dose of confidence and clarity to affirm their faith against an increasingly skeptical culture.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateMay 15, 2018
    ISBN9781545905760
    Author

    Brandon Vogt

    Brandon Vogt is a bestselling and award-winning author of ten books, including Why I Am Catholic (and You Should Be Too) and What to Say and How to Say It, volumes I and II. He is the founder of ClaritasU, which trains Catholics in how to talk about their faith, especially hot-button issues. He works as the senior publishing director for Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Vogt is the cohost of The Word on Fire Show with Bishop Barron, and The Burrowshire Podcast with Fr. Blake Britton. Vogt runs several websites including StrangeNotions.com, the largest site of dialogue between Catholics and atheists, and ChurchFathers.org, the go-to resource for people wondering what the earliest Christians believed. Vogt's work has been featured by media outlets including NPR, Fox News, CBS, EWTN, America magazine, Vatican Radio, Our Sunday Visitor, National Review, and Christianity Today. Vogt has served as a consultant to the US Conference of Catholic Bishop’s Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis and on the board of the Society of G.K. Chesterton. He serves as president of the Central Florida Chesterton Society and founder of Chesterton Academy of Orlando, a new classical high school. Along with his wife and children, he lives on Burrowshire, a small farm outside Orlando, Florida.

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    • 4/5
      I actually want to give this 3 1/2 stars, I like the content but I'm unsure about the robotic inflection of the narrator. After a while however, I did get used to it and it gave it a certain flavor. Still, I'm not sure of the narrator's pacing inflection, he reminded me somewhat of William Shatner as James T. Kirk tbh but with a different intonation and pacing, but similar robotic stops.

      The content of the audiobook was very good though and had a lot of good arguments for both religious and non religious alike. i think this would be a good written book to purchase, but perhaps puchase the written one instead.

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    • 5/5
      I'm a cradle Catholic and this book gave me ideas to better answer questions about being and/or becoming a Catholic. Will definitely recommend this book to anyone considering becoming a Catholic or to any Catholics who wants to learn more about their faith.

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    • 2/5
      The way it was read made it come off as immature and ignorant as it was written. There’s a bit of circular logic here, which is always worrisome.
    • 5/5
      Brandon explains difficult faith concepts in a clear and beautiful way. I used some of his thoughts while talking with my now agnostic daughter.
    • 5/5
      Excellent, succinct read/listen. A rationale, reasonable, and true assessment of the Catholic faith for nonbelievers, as well as an effective educational refresher for Catholics (like myself).
    • 5/5
      This a wonderful book, I love it and I will recommend to all my friends. Thank you for sharing this book!
    • 3/5
      Full disclosure: I'm reformed Evangelical. Let me start by saying what I liked. I really loved the portions on confession, beauty, and all the anecdotal evidence. However, I was disappointed to find there wasn't much information on what call somebody to be distinctly Catholic as opposed to Christian in general. The author seems to conflate Catholicism with historic Christianity often. I was also very disappointed in his treatment of Sola scriptura. It was presented as if very weak argument at best, but straight strawmanning at worst. Sola scriptura, very plainly, is a philosophy that views scripture as the primary source for the lordship of Christ, from which all other subsequent traditions are tested thereby. The reformers were not against tradition, they just wanted to get rid of the bath water and keep the baby, especially in light of Ad Fontes.
    • 5/5
      Excellent book about being Catholic. I am a Catholic and this was a refreshing short book about the good things about the Catholic Church.
    • 5/5
      Very informative, inspiring and we'll researched book. I learned a lot from the book and my faith has been nourished and revived
    • 3/5
      I find it difficult to review books on topics that come out of a place of deep passion for the author. I feel like I am disagreeing with the person’s passion and making a personal attack, even though that is not my intention. While it is obvious that Mr. Vogt is passionate about his love for his church, there were several elements in his book Why I Am Catholic (And You Should Be Too) which I found misleading or did not really resonate with me. His basic position is that the reason he is a Catholic is that Catholicism is true, good, and beautiful. Mr. Vogt examines the Church based on these three criteria. He handles each of these criteria very differently and the strengths of his argument are different based on these conclusions. He is weakest in the first part, Catholicism is true. He begins by giving various proofs for God’s existence. This part is the first day of any introduction to philosophy course that you would find at any American University. However, he does not provide the refutation of these proofs that you would also find. He is stating his premise on which he will build his later arguments in this section. However, as one would also find in that hypothetical philosophy class is that one cannot prove or disprove a premise, you can only accept or reject. What I found frustrating is that this is a rather basic point and yet he keeps reminding the reader that he did a lot of studying on this and that there can only be one conclusion. If he did so much studying that why did he miss this basic point? However, this part was not useless, as I thought the fourth chapter brought up some interesting points. In this chapter he is trying to make that there is an historical logic to the Catholic Church by bringing up some interesting points that speaks to those raised in the Protestant version of Christianity. Perhaps the most interesting point he makes is that sola scriptura is an incorrect standard to judge Christianity because its founder (Jesus) did not give a book but a Church and it is within that Church that we must work out our salvation. In some ways, it can be seen as a way, though he does not expand this point of why a person should stay within the church even with all of its struggles and problems.In the next part, the book improves, though I almost did not make it to the second part because the first part was so frustrating. This part is called Catholicism is good. His main point is that Catholicism has produced many worthy role models throughout history. While acknowledging the shortcomings of many people within the church, overall Catholicism is true because of the people who found strength and power coming from the church.The last part is that Catholicism is beautiful in order words it appreciates beauty and is one of the few versions of Christianity that celebrates the beautiful. While he might be overstating his point here a bit, overall, I found what he said to be interesting and compelling; there is a certain appreciation for what is beautiful within Catholicism. It is in this chapter where, Mr. Vogt is the strongest and most compelling.One other theme that goes throughout this book that I found sill is the idea that Catholicism is rebellious. He begins the book with this theme and concludes with it. I would say that there might be some people who are compelled by this theme but to me it provided more of a distraction that a help. Because of this, there were some arguments that were meant to support this idea and did not fit in with the rest of the book. The title of chapter 7, Part Two is “Because It Doesn’t Go with the Times.” He is suggesting that because some of the Church’s teachings go against current mores then it somehow makes the church correct. This is a rather simplistic argument that does not hold up.In conclusion, when the author dabbles in theology is when he is the weakest. If you wish to read this book, skim the first part and focus on the second and the third.