As for a PAT answer, I'm really not sure 
PAT - Point After Try...or...the easy obvious answer.
If you have ever sat in a class and had a fellow student that always answered using the bold face words in the book but didn't really understand anything, then you know what a PAT answer is.
In the religious setting if I were to ask, "How do I get to know Christ?" and the PAT response, "Sit at His feet," or, "Meet Him at the Cross." These have no practical value and are really nothing more than religious slogans.
Understand?
