With all due respect, holding a position as catechist doesn't insure adherence to the magisterium's teaching. Unfortunately. I know firsthand of a catechist who's taught things directly opposed to the catechism to RCIA classes. I'm not suggesting, BTW, that any exCatholics here did anything like that. I'm saying that position doesn't equal correct understanding or willingness to impart teaching in accord with official church doctrine.
The problem isn’t the Catholics posting a response to actual lies about the Catholic church.
This is precisely what I was referring to. I prefer to say someone misstates something because a lie means intent to deceive. I cannot see into a commenter's heart to know if it's misstatement or deception. That said, if someone says the church teaches X but the catechism or other church document clearly shows that it teaches Y not X, then the commenter is either misunderstanding or intentionally misleading. Because some catechists misuse their position to teach error, how is a Catholic here to know if the commenter has been taught error or is intentionally mistating official Church teaching? This is why I said the poor catechesis angle is more charitable than the other option of intentional misrepresentation of the Church's position on a particular matter.
Peace be with you. And have a very blessed Christmas :)
Oops! Should have been “position doesn’t AUTOMATICALLY equal correct ...”