I’d also encourage you to not take many anti-Catholic arguments at face value. America was founded by Protestants, so they had a bias that ran deep and it’s still observable.
Do your own research, ask questions, talk to folks. The Lord will seek you out if you start making the first steps. I was an atheist and found a copy of Thomas Aquinas’ summa theologiae left behind in a house I was renting. Read through a few pages as a joke, but the depth there was immense and I felt myself being drawn back. A few years later and now I’m a Catholic, and my wife is undergoing RCIA to join me. The Church has its share of problems, but the depth of thought, the beauty, and everything else was immense.
I’d also encourage you to not take many anti-Catholic arguments at face value. America was founded by Protestants, so they had a bias that ran deep and it’s still observable.
Do your own research, ask questions, talk to folks. The Lord will seek you out if you start making the first steps. I was an atheist and found a copy of Thomas Aquinas’ summa theologiae left behind in a house I was renting. Read through a few pages as a joke, but the depth there was immense and I felt myself being drawn back. A few years later and now I’m a Catholic, and my wife is undergoing RCIA to join me. The Church has its share of problems, but the depth of thought, the beauty, and everything else was immense.