| | :::::::See, you don't know the Bible. The Holy Spirit is given to individual believers, not to a collective entity by birthright. ''Ye are of your father the devil''. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]</sup> 22:50, 31 July 2020 (EDT) | | :::::::See, you don't know the Bible. The Holy Spirit is given to individual believers, not to a collective entity by birthright. ''Ye are of your father the devil''. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Trump 2Q2Q]]</sup> 22:50, 31 July 2020 (EDT) |
| − | ::::::::Careful analysis of the arguments of RobSmith and other like-minded anti-Catholic [[polemic]]ists ["''This is '''EXACTLY''' what '''YOUR''' doctrine teaches''"], when compared to what the actual teaching of Catholicism is and what the Bible actually says about the Church, reveals a common strategy of using the [[Strawman fallacy]], [[Misrepresentation]], [[Putting words in someone's mouth]], [[Slander]], [[Calumny]] and [[Libel]], backed up by [[Specious reasoning]], [[Casuistry]], [[Sophistry]], the [[Fallacy of invincible ignorance]] and anti-Catholic [[Bigotry]], animated by a deep [[Enmity]] and [[Prejudice]], enforced by an eagerly acquired [[Confirmation bias]] in arguing against the Church (''that he says he was raised in''), all of which can blind any one to the truth of what the Church ''truly'' teaches, to avoid seeing the truth of what he has rejected. What RobSmith has repeatedly said the Catholic Church teaches is not in fact what the Catholic Church actually teaches. He has drawn his own erroneous and inaccurate conclusions about a fictitious Catholic Church of his own imagining, conclusions which have nothing to do with actual Catholic doctrine and dogma about the sacred truth of salvation through the precious blood of Jesus on the Cross by the fullness of truth in the Bible which must be rightly understood by [[Apostolic tradition]] according to the [[discernment]] of the [[Magisterium]] guided by the Holy Spirit preserving both Scripture and us from distortions and errors. | + | ::::::::Careful analysis of the arguments of RobSmith and other like-minded anti-Catholic [[polemic]]ists ["''This is '''EXACTLY''' what '''YOUR''' doctrine teaches''"], when compared to what the actual teaching of Catholicism is and what the Bible actually says about the Church, reveals a common strategy of using the [[Straw man fallacy]], [[Misrepresentation]], [[Putting words in someone's mouth]], [[Slander]], [[Calumny]] and [[Libel]], backed up by [[Specious reasoning]], [[Casuistry]], [[Sophistry]], the [[Fallacy of invincible ignorance]] and anti-Catholic [[Bigotry]], animated by a deep [[Enmity]] and [[Prejudice]], enforced by an eagerly acquired [[Confirmation bias]] in arguing against the Church (''that he says he was raised in''), all of which can blind any one to the truth of what the Church ''truly'' teaches, to avoid seeing the truth of what he has rejected. What RobSmith has repeatedly said the Catholic Church teaches is not in fact what the Catholic Church actually teaches. He has drawn his own erroneous and inaccurate conclusions about a fictitious Catholic Church of his own imagining, conclusions which have nothing to do with actual Catholic doctrine and dogma about the sacred truth of salvation through the precious blood of Jesus on the Cross by the fullness of truth in the Bible which must be rightly understood by [[Apostolic tradition]] according to the [[discernment]] of the [[Magisterium]] guided by the Holy Spirit preserving both Scripture and us from distortions and errors. |
| | ::::::::As for myself, as I've already said, when I found out what the Catholic Church ''actually'' teaches, instead of the [[Falsehood]]s that very sincere people in error had ''told'' me she teaches (''not knowing they were in error''), I discovered that the Catholic Church is actually the most biblical Church on the face of the earth, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, proclaiming salvation by the precious blood of Jesus Christ alone, in her scriptures and sacraments and worship and doctrine and [[Catechesis|catechetical instruction]] and good works and prayers. Jesus is Lord of all in his body the Church going forth and making disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching all that he has commanded. And Lo'''!''' He is with the Church always, leading us into all truth even to the end of time. Amen. --[[User:Dataclarifier|Dataclarifier]] ([[User talk:Dataclarifier|talk]]) 23:12, 31 July 2020 (EDT) | | ::::::::As for myself, as I've already said, when I found out what the Catholic Church ''actually'' teaches, instead of the [[Falsehood]]s that very sincere people in error had ''told'' me she teaches (''not knowing they were in error''), I discovered that the Catholic Church is actually the most biblical Church on the face of the earth, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, proclaiming salvation by the precious blood of Jesus Christ alone, in her scriptures and sacraments and worship and doctrine and [[Catechesis|catechetical instruction]] and good works and prayers. Jesus is Lord of all in his body the Church going forth and making disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching all that he has commanded. And Lo'''!''' He is with the Church always, leading us into all truth even to the end of time. Amen. --[[User:Dataclarifier|Dataclarifier]] ([[User talk:Dataclarifier|talk]]) 23:12, 31 July 2020 (EDT) |