As to why some Evangelicals go Catholic, I guess from my own personal experience there’s either the feeling of emptiness in evangelicalism (especially whenever it gets too strict or too empty in a sense) but also the feeling of not having much representation to satiate people’s curiosity.
In the case with cats and dogs, whilst there are some churches and monasteries suspicious of those there are also churches and monasteries that do welcome them for good reasons like hunting vermin and guarding premises.
Though I’m afraid, that outside of some people bringing their pets to church (sometimes reasonably so if they’re blind) there’s not much representation for animals.
Thusly, not much representation for animal lovers either and why I think some cat owners tend to be atheist (this may not always be the case as there are some Christians, monks and non-monks alike, with cats but there’s not much representation for cats in some Evangelical circles).
I could be speaking from my own experiences where whilst I didn’t necessarily convert to Catholicism, this dovetailed or went with my growing interest in church dogs and positive Biblical portrayal of dogs within a few months or so. To the point where this peaks with dogs in Catholic and Orthodox monasteries, to some extent dogs and especially guide dogs in any church.
Or cats and dogs brought alone in churches, which makes even more sense if somebody needs them like say foot-warmers, guiding the blind and hunting vermin. This is my opinion but I feel there’s an emptiness in Evangelicalism that makes some become more sympathetic to Catholicism.
(That and the lack of positive representation for celibate or single Christians makes me think that Catholicism and Orthodoxy does allow for it.)
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