Fellow Catholic,
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation about religion where you couldn’t quite articulate the reasons why you believe the things you do?
Have you ever found it difficult -- or have you ever been seriously frustrated, maybe even discouraged -- when it comes to defending your belief in the existence of God, Christ as His only Son, or the Catholic Church as the one true faith?
Perhaps you have heard lines from skeptics such as...
“You know, Jesus was only a myth,” or, “There’s no evidence for the existence of God!,” or, “The Catholic Church was established by Constantine to oppress people.”
If so, you’re not alone.
But here’s the good news: Just because you haven’t been able to sway people through religious argument, doesn't mean that you’re wrong. Plus, even if you’ve been stumped by skeptics, that doesn’t mean the skeptics are right. Situations like these only mean you weren’t properly prepared. And let’s be honest...
Most people, especially in today’s age, simply do not have the philosophical, scientific, or historical understanding to make the rational case for Catholic-Christianity.
But make no mistake about it: this isn’t because there’s no philosophical, scientific, or historical case to be made -- because there absolutely, 100% is, and most people are shocked to discover how powerfully the case can be made once they’re taught the rational foundations of the Catholic-Christian worldview.
Here's the deal. The Catholic faith just is the one true faith, and this isn’t something that we need to be timid about. We have the best of all reasons to believe the things we do -- philosophically, scientifically, and historically -- the problem is most people simply have never heard how many good arguments can be made, not just for the existence of God, but for the complete truth of Catholic-Christianity.
Enter the Minimum Effective Apologetic.
Apologetics is the practice of making a defense of something. Catholic Apologetics, then, focuses on three, critically essential tenets of belief:
1) That God exists
2) That Christ was (and is) His only Son
3) That Christ founded the Catholic Church
The Minimum Effective apologetic says this: If you can establish the truth of these three premises, then you have established the truth of Catholicism.
In other words, the Minimum Effective Apologetic is an evangelistic tool, a way to focus conversation on the most fundamental hinge points of Christian belief.
By doing so, you can easily memorize powerful, convincing arguments and responses to explain why you believe what the Church teaches is true, while avoiding the classic blunder of being taken down every possible conversational avenue with respect to the Catholic religion and its enormous, tangled history.
Honestly, no person could possibly memorize a response to every conceivable question that could be posed to any religious worldview, for that matter.
HOWEVER, virtually any person can memorize the essential arguments to establish the truth of at least one particular religious worldview (Catholicism) so long as they know, and can present, the right questions to ask.
And that’s where the Minimum Effective Apologetic comes in. It keeps conversations with curious inquirers and skeptics focused. It gives you, the Catholic, the home turf advantage.
Think of it this way: Surely if God exist, and surely if Christ is His only Son, and surely if Christ left us with a Church -- and one particular Church at that -- then Catholicism is true, and we can be confident of that conclusion, regardless of how many other questions or difficulties remain. In other words, if we can answer those three, critically essential questions in the affirmative, then we have every reason to become Catholic -- anyone, at that point, has every reason to become Catholic -- and should become Catholic, regardless of whatever other hold ups they may have.
That is the power of the Minimum Effective Apologetic. It brings clarity to religious conversation, and allows any person of the Catholic faith to adequately and confidently proclaim the truth of their religion, no matter who’re they dialoguing with, whether that be atheists, agnostics, or people who consider themselves spiritual but not religious, the MEA (minimum effective apologetic) sufficiently addresses -- and refutes -- all those positions.
Join us! -- Pat Flynn, John DeRosa, and Gary Michuta -- for a FREE hour-long conversation and training on the Minimum Effective Apologetic, where we will discuss: