The Standard Roman Catholic Church Apologetics Playbook

– How Catholics are taught to respond to people who point out false & unbiblical Catholic teachings –

Catholics attempting to defend the false teachings and practices of their church usually start at one of the tactics listed below and when that doesn’t work, they go to another tactic on the list. Experience dialoging with Catholics on Facebook discussion forums proves this out.

1. They ask a lot of questions and demand proof while offering nothing in return.
2. They assume a false higher moral ground, attempting to skew the playing field in their favor.
3. They attempt to sidetrack the dialog by bringing up “rabbit holes” (unrelated issues that they feel they can confidently defend).
4. They state the Catholic claim that Christians for 1500 years believed the Catholic Church view of things before Protestants came along.
5. They look for ways to support unbiblical Catholic teachings by citing some church father or “sacred tradition”.
6. They make personal attacks against the integrity of those who dare to point out unbiblical Catholic dogma.
7. They question the honesty and agenda of those opposing their Catholic views.
8. They make personal attacks against those who expose corruption in the Catholic clergy.
9. They attempt to dox (reveal personal information about) those who dare to challenge Catholic beliefs.
10. They return later making the same claims – even when corrected – pretending they were never corrected.