Got into an Argument

[TBolt1000T]

This is just my suggestion, so you can take it for what it’s worth. When I was going through RCIA back in 2008-2009, I let myself get exposed too much to anti-Catholic rhetoric. When the stresses of being in both of the choirs and not being prepared for Lent hit me, some of the questions those anti-Catholics asked came to the surface, and partly because of this, I wasn’t ready to enter the Church at Easter. So, my suggestion is, don’t do what I did by exposing yourself to too much anti-Catholic stuff. When you see something in a message that looks like it is going in that direction, just ignore it. If it’s from a friend, just tell them that you’d rather not discuss it. Learn from Catholic sourses, such as this site, then you can better refute them once you come into the Church. Just my two cents…

 

[scimitar60]

This is just my suggestion, so you can take it for what it’s worth. When I was going through RCIA back in 2008-2009, I let myself get exposed too much to anti-Catholic rhetoric. When the stresses of being in both of the choirs and not being prepared for Lent hit me, some of the questions those anti-Catholics asked came to the surface, and partly because of this, I wasn’t ready to enter the Church at Easter. So, my suggestion is, don’t do what I did by exposing yourself to too much anti-Catholic stuff. When you see something in a message that looks like it is going in that direction, just ignore it. If it’s from a friend, just tell them that you’d rather not discuss it. Learn from Catholic sourses, such as this site, then you can better refute them once you come into the Church. Just my two cents…

Thanks for your information, worth much more than 2 cents.

Thank you all for your (name removed by moderator)ut, I just find it just… queer… how they even come up with all this?

Good day

 

[anp1215]

You should have employed the “ignorant Catholic” strategy described by John Martignoni. You should have said, “You know what, that’s a good question. I don’t know the answer to that one. BUT, I will find out and get back to you.”

You should have taken his email ID and responded back to him after taking down all his questions.

I did tell him I didn’t know all the answers but that I would try to find them and tell him next time. He still kept asking but I would just say that every time. I told him I would look them up or ask my sponsor because he is very knowledgeable. Then he was like “Do the research on your own! Don’t ask someone what to believe, don’t just accept what someone tells you” etc etc.
I think he just wanted me to research it on the internet because I would probably find things that backed up his point of view.
I did get the answers but a couple of weeks later I quit volunteering at the center (not because of him, I actually was looking forward to answering him. I just had too many other things going on)