You use the word Apologetics as though it were a bad word.
From Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary 1970, page 86
a pol o get ic {Gr. apologitikos, fit for a defense, from apologeisthai to speak in defense; apo, from and legein, to speak}
So it seems to me Coyoteman you do your share of Apologetics.
You use the word Apologetics as though it were a bad word. From Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary 1970, page 86 a pol o get ic {Gr. apologitikos, fit for a defense, from apologeisthai to speak in defense; apo, from and legein, to speak}
So it seems to me Coyoteman you do your share of Apologetics.
To many scientists, "apologetics" is a bad word because it implies not just defense of a position, but defense of religion and religious belief.
Try a google search, "define:apologetics" and the following is what you get: eight definitions, of which seven involve a defense of Christianity.
The methods of apologetics are not scientific, but rather involve philosophy, theology, and rhetoric. Its goals are not discovery, but rather defending an a priori belief. In fact, today we most often see apologetics used to defend a priori beliefs against scientific discoveries!
Apologetics has come to be the opposite of science.
Here are the definitions:
- The term apologetics comes from the Greek apologia, which means "defense" or "answer." Apologetics is the task of defending a particular idea or belief system and answering its critics. The origin of the concept of apologetics lies in the beginnings of Christianity. Between the second and fourth century, a number of Christian teachers wrote defenses of Christianity against pagan critics.
- The defense of the Christian faith on intellectual grounds by trained theologians and philosophers.
- A conscious, articulated defense of the claims of the Christian Faith. The two main apologetic methods are classical (evidential) and presuppositional.
- The branch of theology which deals with the defensive facts and proofs of Christianity
- Argumentative defence. That part of theology which tries to show the reasonableness of Christian faith and to refute objections to it.
- an evangelistic approach that is concerned with increasing understanding of Christianity by answering reasonable questions about the faith (Whittaker).
- the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines
- Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position. Someone who engages in apologetics is called an apologist. The term comes from the Greek word apologia (Ἀπολογία), meaning the defense of a position against an attack, not from the English word apology, which is exclusively understood as a defensive plea for forgiveness for an action that is open to blame.