(June 8, 2014 at 12:34 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Why are they all so fucking illogical and idiotic? Moreover, why are so many people dumb enough to be "persuaded" by them?
The point of apologetics for the most part isn't to pull skeptics into the fold. It's mostly to assure the believers and those on the fence about their presupposed beliefs.
A common topic of sermons in church is that doubts are normal and to have more faith. Christians frequently doubt their own beliefs. The apologetics help them maintain that. It's why Pascal's Wager will get an entire congregation to nod their heads along with it, yet it will immediately get questioned by a skeptic.