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| View Poll Results: Non-Christian - Are Christian Apologetics Alive or Dead? | |||
| Alive - Christian apologetics have presented a logical argument for God's existence |
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2 | 10.00% |
| Alive - Christian apologists generally are able to interact with contemporary philosophy |
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4 | 20.00% |
| Dead -Christian apologetics have NOT presented a logical argument for God's existence |
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10 | 50.00% |
| Dead - Christian apologists generally are NOT able to interact with contemporary philosophy |
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8 | 40.00% |
| This question doesn't make sense |
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2 | 10.00% |
| Angellous is my Daddy |
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8 | 40.00% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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If you don't consider yourself a Christian, I wonder if Christian aplogetics are alive or dead.
By alive I mean: Do Christian apologists have a logically consistent argument that God exists? Do Christian apologists generally speak to contemporary philosophical life? By dead I mean the opposite - that Christian aplogists are unable to defend that God exists in a way that is able to interact with contemporary philosopy. ======== Note that the poll is public and you can choose more than one option.
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If there is anything interesting to be said in apologetics then I expect it to be said by Alvin Plantinga.
Out of all the arguments for God, I feel that his ontological argument comes closest (I might go as far as to conceed that it does show that belief in God is rational but I'd need to research it further before shifting off the fence). And I hardly think that his writings can be accused of failing to interact with contemporary philosophy. I'd have to vote alive on both counts.
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The arguments of most apologists I've heard are sort of like Jason from the Friday the 13th movies; you can shoot them full of holes and they get right back up in the next scene.
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As Quagmire also stated, most of the apologetics I've read haven't been all that convincing in the least, and are much like a B-rated horror film-fun to watch, but chalk full of muck-ups, and ridiculousness (which is of course part of the fun). However, most is not all, and I've no doubt that there are some reasonably good apologists out there, so I'm voting 'Angellous is my Daddy,' to stay on the safe side of this one.
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I voted dead on both counts, since you asked about apologists. Christian theologians and philosophers may be able to interact with contemporary philosophy, but I don't think apologetics or "proofs" of God's existence have much relevance outside the churches.
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So it seems that some apologetics are alive (Christian philosophers?), and most are dead (popular apologists). The living apologetics may not have continuance with orthodoxy... I guess I'll have to check.
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aww crap, i misread the dang things i chose b, d and f
take a way B. It is alive...in the fact that so many christians base their faith either off of apologetics (like i once did) or blind faith (like i did previous to the former (huh)) Dead, because it rarely strikes a Chord with many non-christians and is often laughed at and ridiculed (for good reason) by the scientific community Christian apologetics is, to me, Both alive and dead. Alive because there are so many Christians
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