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Questions tagged [apologetics]

Defenses of religious positions using reason. This tag should only be used with respect to disagreements with religions other than Christianity.

Apologetics is the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of reason. Those who engage in apologetics are called apologists.

Usage: Do not apply this tag to questions regarding the defense of a particular belief in the context of debate within Christianity, broadly defined. That is, this tag does not apply to debates between Protestants and Jehovah's witnesses, nor between Catholics and Mormons.

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How do you answer the unanswerable questions?

How do you respond to the "trivia" or "only God knows" type questions which cannot be answered from the Bible or science (yet)? This is more of a general question, such as do you blow them off or provide a generic "Only God can truly know the…
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What does Ravi Zacharias mean when he says "Intent is always prior to content"?

I am a constant listener to Ravi's Podcasts and he always says "Intent is always prior to content." What does that mean? Thanks
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What is "Apologetics", exactly, and how is it used to defend the Christian faith?

For those who are unfamiliar with the term, or those who have only a passing familiarity, what is apologetics, in relation to Christianity? Is it "proving the existence of God"? For that matter, can the existence of God be proved via apologetics? …
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Does the Church in general need to revisit and revise its strategy in maintaining the faith?

Is it a high time that we need to impart the young Christians (children) a comprehensive knowledge of all the doctrines of Christianity, or do we tend to raise them as unconvinced Christians susceptible to falter in their faith? When a child with an…
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Are there formally recognized categories of apologetics?

Faith in Jesus and accepting Him as your personal savior has many layers. You must believe in something more than what can be seen. You must believe in an afterlife. You must believe in the truth of the Word. You must believe in the person of Jesus.…
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What Biblical Defenses are there to Divine Hiddenness?

Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. (Isaiah 45:15, ESV) How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow…
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What would be a theologically sound and measured response to Joan Osbourne's "One of us"?

That song was a big song in the 90s. What would be a orthodox response to the views in that song be? God was indeed one of us for a while. God does indeed have a name and yes he is called that "to his face" in the Bible. I do ask this question in…
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Control the masses?

What's the greatest argument against people who say religion was created to control the masses? Are there any apologetic books that cover this?
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How do you defend the first clause of the Kalam Cosmological Argument?

I have a question pertaining to the first premise of the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA). If someone says that just because everything in the universe needs a cause that doesn't mean that the universe does. How would we further defend the first…
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