The Forge : The Inner Circle

St. Jerome is a Protestant's Worst Ally - The Fathers Know Best

T.J. Haines — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:37:58 GMT

For members of my inner circle (paid subscribers), here’s a Fathers Know Best piece that’ll fire you up, and put a smile on your face, if you catch the humor in it.

St. Jerome is one of the most cited Church Fathers in Protestant apologetics, and it’s not hard to see why they reach for him. He preferred the Hebrew text over the Septuagint — though it sho…

It's a Mad, Mad World—and it's all mad at me!

T.J. Haines — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:49:52 GMT

Gather ’round, crew. This is one of those posts where I share something only meant for my inner circle. Sharing this backstage, not on the public stage.

I’m noticing a pattern with my work and reactions to it. I upset a lot of people. Whether it’s Protestants responding to my video posts about true worship and the flaws of Sola Scriptura, secularists reacting to my moral exhortations and pro-Truth, pro-Catholic, or pro-Jesus messaging, or—more lately—Catholics taking issue with this video below.

I seem to upset everybody, even when I’m not trying to. Here’s the truth, the deeper story, and what we can learn from it…

'Catholic Crybaby' Has to Stop

T.J. Haines — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:39:35 GMT

Protestants Blew a Fuse Over Facts about the Bible

T.J. Haines — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:48:00 GMT

If you’re following me on socials you must have seen my latest banger. It’s getting attention on every platform, and triggering as many people as it’s enlightening. Check this out, then let me share a few thoughts about the backlash.

Protestant DeFormatoion

I didn’t expect this video to convince protestants but I also didn’t expect they’d take another first-class trip to Fantasy Land with some of their comments. They claimed I had trained the AI, coached the responses, that the video was faked, that the AI was lying. One even claimed to get the exact opposite response when he asked ChatGPT “Didn’t the Roman Catholic Church add 7 books to the Bible?” That turned out to be a lie, which I’ll get to in a minute (with screen shots!).

Two words to describe this backlash: “Desperate” and “Stupid” Here’s why

AIs won’t lie to you. They’re trained not to. It may try to be politically correct, or gentle with its statements—but it won’t lie to you, or give you false facts!

For protestants to resort to calling the AI a liar is more than a stretch of imagination, it’s straight up fantasy and self delusion. Then there were various comments claiming I had trained, or preconditioned the AI. I guess they ignored the end where I specifically asked the AI ‘Did I ask you to say these things?’

Did I Bias the AI?

Let me tell you some of the background facts, because it’s important for context

Be Careful Where you get Your 'Catholicism'

T.J. Haines — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:55:00 GMT

The past couple of days have been pretty illuminating. I’ve been wrestling with faux-theologians on social media and I’m as surprised by their incompetence and ignorance of theology as I am of the Protestants’ ignorance of Church history and theology

Mystery of the Faith Solved! - Why are Churches Empty?

T.J. Haines — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:04:00 GMT

This is an archived episode that I’m releasing to my Inner Circle here at The Forge.

A recent economics study made the rounds, arguing that the Council caused pews to empty out. But when you scratch the surface, the evidence is flimsy, and the real story points somewhere else entirely. Was Vatican II really to blame for the decline in Catholic Mass atten…