[Augustine23612]

I ran into much the same thing when I converted to Catholicism as a teenager. I think it runs something like this: the lifelong adherents of any ‘heritage’ religion (Judaism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and possibly Anglicanism) don’t want someone coming in and being more enthusiastic about the religion and culture than they are. To be blunt, it makes them look bad. Converts are fine as long as they just come in and keep their mouths shut. Incidentally, many converts to Catholicism gravitate toward the more conservative and traditional elements of the church, and this annoys the hell out of those lifelong Catholics who just want to ‘fulfill their Sunday obligation’ and receive the sacraments without being challenged to explore more fully what they profess to believe. When I was single, I heard ‘you should be a priest’ more times than I can remember; I think a lot of this was ‘you’re digging into this more deeply than a layperson should and it’s making us lifelong Catholics uncomfortable.’ You might be hitting some of the same nerves with your fellow Jews.

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Name : Augustine23612, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 40, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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