14/07/2026
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My conversion to Catholicism was really a slow process. It wasn’t something that happened overnight. Looking back now, I feel like God slowly opened my eyes little by little.
I remember when I was still a kid. We were on our way home from an assembly gathering of Jehovah’s Witnesses. We were already inside the jeepney that our group rented, waiting for the others before leaving, when suddenly a man we didn’t even know got into the jeep and started talking to us out of nowhere.
He said something like, “This really is the true religion because Jehovah’s Witnesses are still standing until now. Even though their prophecies about Armageddon didn’t happen, the organization still continued.”
He also mentioned that Charles Russell, the founder of Jehovah’s Witnesses, predicted the end of the world many times, and none of those predictions came true. But according to him, the fact that Jehovah’s Witnesses still existed despite failed prophecies proved that it was the true religion because it remained strong.
I was still young when I heard that, and honestly, it confused me. It almost felt like reverse psychology. That was actually the first time I learned that early Jehovah’s Witnesses had made several predictions about Armageddon that never happened. Maybe that’s also why today they no longer set exact dates for Armageddon.
That realization really bothered me because the Bible clearly says that if a prophet’s prophecy fails, then that prophet is not from God:
“If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken.” - Deuteronomy 18:22
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world - 1 John 4:1
But even after learning all of that, I just set it aside and ignored it. I still believed that we were the true religion. I continued attending meetings regularly and preaching from house to house. I was truly devoted to my former religion, and like many others, I also believed that we were the only ones who would be saved.
But when I started reading the Bible straight through beginning with Genesis and continuing into the New Testament not just jumping from one isolated verse to another, that’s when I slowly started having more and more questions about the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Later on, when I became independent and started working, I met many different kinds of people. Through those experiences, I learned a lot and began seeing more truths about the world.
I became friends with many Protestants and other non-Catholic Christians who were genuinely kind and deeply devoted to God. You could really see how much they loved Him. And surprisingly, I saw the same thing even among Catholics.
Because honestly, before that, I used to think that only we were truly serving God and that only we would be saved. I believed everyone else would be destroyed at Armageddon, especially Catholics. That’s how narrow-minded I was back then.
Then I noticed something else: many Christian groups felt exactly the same way. Even though their teachings were different, each group believed they alone had the truth and would be saved.
That realization made me curious. I told myself that if I didn’t humble myself and sincerely search for the truth, I might spend my whole life trapped in beliefs I only assumed were right.
So I started listening to the perspectives of other religions. But I had one condition in my mind: “As long as I don’t end up becoming Catholic.” At that time, I was completely convinced that Catholic teachings were wrong because of the statues. I honestly believed Catholics worshipped idols.
Then eventually, I came to realize that Jesus Christ truly is God the Son of God who became man. As a Jehovah’s Witness before, we did not believe that Jesus is God.
But once I saw that truth clearly in Scripture, I immediately crossed out every religion that denied the divinity of Christ. That’s why groups like Iglesia ni Cristo and other religions that teach Jesus is not God were no longer options for me.
Then one day, I became curious about something deeper: Where is the fruit of the Apostles’ preaching today?
I had actually asked this question before to one of my former Jehovah’s Witness companions, but he couldn’t answer me.
The Bible says the Apostles spread the Gospel throughout the world. So I started wondering: Where are the traces of their mission today? Where are the people who continued what they started? Did churches arise from their work through the centuries?
I thought to myself, surely the fruit of the Apostles must still exist today. Surely, after thousands of years, there should already be churches that came from the mission they began.
Why did I think that way? Because even my former religion, Jehovah’s Witnesses founded only in the late 1800s by Charles Russell managed to spread worldwide. The same is true for many newer religions founded by men; they became global too.
So how much more for the Church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself? How much more for the Gospel personally preached by the Apostles throughout the world? Where is the Christianity that came directly from them? Where are the churches built by their followers across generations?
That was the point when I started removing from my list all religions that were recently founded or created by men. Instead, I began searching for the religion that truly came from the Apostles themselves.
Because of that, groups like Baptist, Born Again, SDA, MCGI, and many other newer denominations were no longer choices for me. I removed all man-made religions from my list.
And then I realized… the only Church left was the Catholic Church the very Church I once never wanted to join because I believed it had many false teachings, worshipped statues, and so on.
So I decided to finally listen to the Catholic side.
I started watching debates. One of the debates that really opened my eyes regarding statues was the debate between Father Darwin and Pastor Añedes. That was when I began to understand that my accusations about “idol worship” were based on misunderstanding. I also watched conversion stories like that of Bro. Paul Alima and listened to Catholic apologetics on social media.
Eventually, I personally studied Catholic doctrine for myself. And to my surprise, when I examined Catholic teachings such as the Holy Trinity, Purgatory, and others more deeply, I realized they did not actually contradict the Bible.
As anti-Catholics before, our usual argument was: “If it’s not explicitly written in the Bible, then it isn’t true.” And honestly, I now believe that mindset is one reason why many people remain blind to the truth because they cling too tightly to the idea that “if the exact word isn’t in the Bible, then it must be false.”
But if we follow that logic consistently, then even the word “Bible” itself isn’t found in the Bible.
That’s when I realized that discovering truth requires deeper study and sincere examination, not just surface-level assumptions.
And when I finally saw that Catholic teachings did not truly contradict Scripture, I became curious about one final question: “Who founded the Catholic Church?”
So I researched it for myself.
And what I discovered shocked me: it was Jesus Christ Himself who founded the Catholic Church.
That was the moment I decided to convert.
Honestly, during that season of confusion, I cried to God many times. I sincerely begged Him in prayer to show me the truth. I remember pouring my heart out to Him because I truly wanted to belong to the fullness of truth, wherever it was.
And now, spiritually, I feel content and at peace. I’m still learning, still growing, and still working on my faith every day. But now I also share with others the truths that God patiently revealed to me.
Praise God, and thank God, because He truly heard my prayers.
