(June 17, 2015 at 7:12 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Apologists remove obstacles and roadblocks. What each person will do with that information is a function of their minds and free wills and God's grace, and that is out of the apologist's hands.
No, what they do is hide them in a haze of half-truths, misrepresented verse, and pretzel logic. Apologists lower the available information in the hopes of appeasing the doubts that they themselves feel.
I'm always amused by the idea that an omnipotent god needs or wants human spokespersons. Nothing says universal truth like needing to be sold door-to-door, or needing imperfect salesmen to explain infallible text.
Truly, apologists are the shovel crew at the elephant parade, doing their level best to sweep up the shit so decent people can walk in the streets.
