Apologia is not just ineffective, it’s counterproductive. Like the previous poster said, the best testament to your religion is how you live your life. Do the Amish get into the how many angels on the head of a pin style arguments? O course not, their faith is unshakable and it shows in everything they do.
Mostly I would agree with you but I have had a few occassions in my dealings with people when an open heart was willing to listen and have even become Christians, not totaly due to apologetics, but that God used the truth to touch their heart and draw them towards him. Apologetics should never be approached with an attitude of a ‘know it all’ this tends to be the main reason for the counterproductivity. I suppose I tend to look at it in a more Pauline fashion i.e be ready to give an answer.....etc
Cheers
Mel