+ You ask me to prove it.
- I cite some cultic source which more or less in the right light, squinting, can be understood as supporting my claim.
+ You say that's not a real source or an incorrect understanding of what's being said.
- I accuse you of parsing or complain about the complexity of RC Doctrine.
+ You may or may not respond.
- Sooner or later I produce reams of excerpts from Scripture, leavened with excerpts from Calvin's Institutes or the Westminster Confession or somesuch.
+ You point out that there is little or no connection between what I post and the topic under discussion.
- I triumphantly point out that if you had the right spiritual discernment you'd see the connection.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
LOL!!!! You have nailed it completely. The "debating" style I see in many of the anti-Catholic posts on FR bear a frightening similarity to anti-Bush folks and other liberal types.
Thanks! As the artist said, “I paint what I see ....”