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{{Christianity}}
{{Christianity}}
'''Christian apologetics''' is the defense of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[faith]] through evidence and [[logic]]-based arguments.<ref>The word [[apologetics]] comes from the [[Greek]] word apologia (from Greek ἀπολογία), which means "speaking in defense." Christian [[Witnessing|witness]] to [[Jesus Christ]] in an informal, spontaneous setting, most often in conversation, is an oral form of Christian apologetics. ''See'' [[First Epistle of Peter (Translated)#3:15|1 Peter 3:15]].</ref> Compelling evidence for Christianity includes:
'''Christian apologetics''' is the defense of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[faith]] through evidence and [[logic]]-based arguments.<ref>The word [[apologetics]] comes from the [[Greek]] word apologia (from Greek ἀπολογία), which means "speaking in defense." Christian [[Witnessing|witness]] to [[Jesus Christ]] in an informal, spontaneous setting, most often in conversation, is an oral form of Christian apologetics. ''See'' [[First Epistle of Peter (Translated)#3:15|1 Peter 3:15]].</ref> Compelling evidence for Christianity includes:
*The four [[Gospel]]s were written by ethnic rivals -- a Jew, a Gentile, a Greek, and probably a [[Mystery: Was John a Samaritan|Samaritan]] -- and yet fully corroborate each other's accounts.<ref>Non-believers falsely assert that the Gospels were not written until decades after the fact, when the evidence indicates otherwise (see, e.g., [[date of Mark]]). Regardless, the truth of what was written remains proven by their corroboration among ethnic adversaries.</ref> According to [[Simon Greenleaf]], the legal scholar who was a chief early figure at Harvard Law School, the [[Gospel]]s corroborate each other's accounts, and he viewed their mutual support as a key strength under the rules of evidence. ''See'' [[Christian legal apologetics]].<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_3e694dc6-5fc5-405e-b6df-12ac7543c531 Provide information on Simon Greenleaf's Testimony of the Evangelist. Also, does Simon Greenlead indicate that the four gospels corroborate each other?]</ref>
*According to [[Simon Greenleaf]], the legal scholar who was a chief early figure at Harvard Law School, the [[Gospel]]s corroborate each other's accounts, and he viewed their mutual support as a key strength under the rules of evidence. ''See'' [[Christian legal apologetics]].<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_3e694dc6-5fc5-405e-b6df-12ac7543c531 Provide information on Simon Greenleaf's Testimony of the Evangelist. Also, does Simon Greenlead indicate that the four gospels corroborate each other?]</ref>
*There is extensive [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], and many prophecies in the [[Bible]] have remarkably been fulfilled.<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_20e9ac23-9c56-4dbc-a7a3-8a306444fc2d Do Christians indicate that the Bible has many fulfilled prophecies? Please summarize the book Science Speaks by Peter Stoner.]</ref> ''See'' [[Bible prophecy]].
*There is extensive [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], and many prophecies in the [[Bible]] have remarkably been fulfilled.<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_20e9ac23-9c56-4dbc-a7a3-8a306444fc2d Do Christians indicate that the Bible has many fulfilled prophecies? Please summarize the book Science Speaks by Peter Stoner.]</ref> ''See'' [[Bible prophecy]].
*Non-believers have no plausible explanation for who [[Jesus]] was and his immense influence, if he weren't [[God]].<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_0bd7af04-49b1-415c-977e-d0eb390da507 How much influence did Jesus have on the world? How much influence has Christianity had on the world? Also, please cover Dr. James Kennedy's work ''What if Jesus was not born?''. Please cover the article "The Triumph of the Gospel of Love" at: http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/themistocles_triumph_love.html Also, cover the article The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries at https://archive.is/cDMnA#selection-1017.0-1017.76]</ref>
*Non-believers have no plausible explanation for who [[Jesus]] was and his immense influence, if he weren't [[God]].<ref>[https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_0bd7af04-49b1-415c-977e-d0eb390da507 How much influence did Jesus have on the world? How much influence has Christianity had on the world? Also, please cover Dr. James Kennedy's work ''What if Jesus was not born?''. Please cover the article "The Triumph of the Gospel of Love" at: http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/themistocles_triumph_love.html Also, cover the article The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries at https://archive.is/cDMnA#selection-1017.0-1017.76]</ref>
*[[Christianity]], in contrast with [[atheism]] and other religions, urges searching for the truth with [[logic]] and [[faith]], and taking the less-traveled road.<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Matthew, Chapter 7|Matthew 7:13-14]].</ref>
*[[Christianity]], in contrast with [[atheism]] and other religions, urges searching for the truth with [[logic]] and [[faith]], and taking the less-traveled road.<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Matthew, Chapter 7|Matthew 7:13-14]].</ref>
*Phenomenal art, music, writings, and architecture were inspired by Christianity: ''e.g.'', "to err is human / to forgive, divine." ''See'' [[Christian art]], the [[Sistine Chapel]], [[King James Bible's influence on the world]] and [[Famous Cathedrals]].
*Phenomenal art, music, writings, and architecture were inspired by Christianity: ''e.g.'', "to err is human / to forgive, divine." ''See'' [[Christian art]], the [[Sistine Chapel]], [[King James Bible's influence on the world]] and [[Famous Cathedrals]].
*2,000 years after the [[New Testament]] was written, its books remain as vibrant, compelling, and helpful as ever before. That cannot be said about merely human works.
*2,000 years after the [[New Testament]] was written, its books remain as vibrant, compelling, and helpful as ever before. That cannot be said about merely human works.
*The [[Shroud of Turin]], impossible to replicate and unexplained by non-believers, confirms an intense flash of light in the [[Resurrection]].<ref>The flash of light captured on the Shroud includes even the flesh and bones of the man, analogous to an X-ray. Non-believers cling to doubt based on a 1988 carbon-dating of a corner sample containing cotton fibers, which was not an uncontaminated original. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPLEu1MMYfo]</ref>
*The [[Shroud of Turin]], has been impossible to replicate and it is unexplained by non-believers, provides evidence that there was an intense flash of light in the [[Resurrection]].<ref>The flash of light captured on the Shroud includes even the flesh and bones of the man, analogous to an X-ray. Non-believers cling to doubt based on a 1988 carbon-dating of a corner sample containing cotton fibers, which was not an uncontaminated original. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPLEu1MMYfo]</ref>
*The [[Bible]] including the [[New Testament]] is by far the best-selling book today and throughout history, and it rings true while being more helpful to people than any alternative.
Christian apologetics are based on evidence, reason, history, linguistics, science, and human experience. [[Atheist]]ic societies or values are notoriously inhumane and hostile to [[free speech|freedom of speech]].
Christian apologetics are based on evidence, reason, history, linguistics, science, and human experience. [[Atheist]]ic societies or values are notoriously inhumane and hostile to [[free speech|freedom of speech]].