[Coyoteman]

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.

[Creationist]

Sorry Coyoteman, your education is failing you. That is not the definition of the word Apologetics.

You can change it to suit your needs but that does not nullify the original meaning.

You every time you post against the belief in creation and support of evolution are practicing Apologetics.

Apologetics does not imply any where in the dictionary as a defense in religion.

Sorry you lost that one buddy. Bad form read more.

[Creationist]

I would also like to state that when someone uses a word and adds implied meaning to it, they reduce their credibility in the understanding of the English language and therefore their understanding in what their are arguing about.

Your misuse of the word implies to me that you do not understand what you are arguing about.