(May 8, 2011 at 9:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Apologists invent excuses for why their bullshit is right...even when facts are against them.
Apologetics is the art of starting with a desired conclusion and finding reasons to believe it. This is an inherently intellectually dishonest profession.
Furthermore, what makes it really strange is since the desired conclusion is a matter of "faith", there is the tacit admission that no evidence (or insufficient evidence) exists. Faith is believing something without reason and against all reason. Apologetics is thus the art of looking for evidence to believe something while admitting that there is no evidence for the belief.
Just like theology is the study of that which is admitted to be impossible to study.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
