Breeds of Apologists (and how to debate them)

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The Whining Apologist

Demeanor: These are the people who claim that whatever you say was taken out of context (no matter how much context you provide) or that the original translation actually says something different (even though they fail to provide the correct translation) or that we would really understand if we spoke ancient greek or arabic (Even though they don't speak it themselves) As a last line of defense they normally say "Well if you would open your heart to god then you'd understand." Meanwhile no positive evidence is provided. Unlike the pompous apologist, these people are all defense and rarely make a positive statement, they prefer to just whine and bitch and moan that we don't have it right, even though they won't say what is right.

Possible Nature: These people have a serious victim complex, even though they represent an oppressive majority. They aren't as bright as they think they are and don't know their holy books as well as they pretend to. No doubt these same people will bring up how they are persecuted somehow.

Favorite Fallacies: No true Scotsman, Appeal to Authority, Appeal from Silence

Suggested Strategy: Call them out directly and tell them exactly what they are doing. When confronted with what whiny little bitches they are being they will just whimper and run back to whatever holes they crawled out of.