The purpose of apologetics?
What's your perspective on the purpose of apologetics?
Having read a few book, had a few conversations, been to a few sermons, and watched many hours of debates, I've come to a the following belief.
They love to throw up a cover of "wanting to convince people of the truth! Oh please let me save you! You're just missing this piece of information".
However, that's rarely it.
Their whole purpose is to catch people that are already caught - or close to the trap of religion already.
So frequently I've found framing like "an atheist would tell you X. But this is wrong!"
They read like they're self serving their own bubble of belief just to get the believe to double down.
To scream "oh yes! That makes so much sense. Ofcourse nothing can come from nothing!!"
There's little logic, deep though, or critical thinking applied after the initial argument made with a chest full of 100% certainty.
The threads of their cloak of religion are frayed, and instead of trying to fix them - knowing full well if they tried the whole thing would fall apart - they fixate on hiding behind the parts that still hold together.
And i'm talking purely in practice, not just a hypothetical on paper definition.
Am I wrong?
Is apologetics more than just a circlejerk of religious yes men?