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I've heard of the word "apologetics" but I never knew the meaning or what it is. Can someone please explain this to me? Thank you :)

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I dont know what it means either. I just wanted to say that I like your quote!     :halo:

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Main Entry: apol

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It is mainly used to defend the orthodox doctrines of Christianity against the arguments of non-believers.

For example, if you were witnessing to someone, and they posed the argument;

"How can God being all-loving if he had women and children put to death several times in the Old Testament?"

...or...

"If God is all-powerful, why doesn't He just destroy Satan and end all this suffering?"

...you would use a form of Apologetics (usually mixing scripture with understanding that comes from the Spirit) to explain or defend the doctrines of Divine Agape and Divine Omnipotence.

Sometimes Apologetics are also used to reveal errors in particular teachings in various churches, groups, cults of Christianity, denominations, etc.

A fancy word for defending the faith that we boldly confess.

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I didn't know what it ment either, thanks for explaining.

Good post!!

Angels

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Good job Prime and Timothy.

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AHH Thank you all so much! HeHe I feel so much smarter :) The only place I had heard of apologetics is the christian bad ApologetiX(fun music). But anyways, thanks so much. How can I learn more about it? Or how can i be like..."trained" in it, or know how to defend my beliefs? That'd be awesome...   (one other thing, how did you get those other fun smiley faces, like angels and stuff??hehe)

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Apologetics does mean the defense of the faith.

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Thanks everyone!

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Good post ther Prime and Timothy

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