Roman Catholic (RC): "Here, this book came from God. Read it and believe it."Truth Seeker (TS): "Okay! Hey, this book says X is true."RC: "What? Give me that!"TS: "Right there, 'X is true'."RC: "It doesn't actually mean that. What it means is that X is false and Y is true."TS: "But, you said this book came from God?"RC: "It did. But you should just listen to me, and not worry about what this book says."TS: "What? Why should I listen to you?"RC: "Why, it says right there in the book, 'the true believers' - meaning me of course - 'will never teach falsely'."TS: "But this book teaches X and you teach Y. Doesn't that mean you do teach falsely?"RC: "Look, I'm the one who gave you the book in the first place."TS: "Then thank you very much for the book that you claim came from God, please read it yourself and obey it."
I have one criticism of this dialog, though. How many savvy Roman Catholics would suggest to a truth seeker to read and believe the Bible? Reading the Bible is not going to lead you Romeward, and I think most RC proselytizers realize that.
-TurretinFan
