--- title: "15 Apologists Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 15 Apologists quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Apologists sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/hector-hugh-munro-11761_atheist_no-one-can-be-an-unbeliever-nowadays-the_1232820.jpg" --- > [No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian apologists have left one nothing to disbelieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-hugh-munro/no-one-can-be-an-unbeliever-nowadays-the-christian-apologists-have/) [Hector Hugh Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-hugh-munro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/hector-hugh-munro-11761_atheist_no-one-can-be-an-unbeliever-nowadays-the_1232820.jpg) > [“The question is not whether we are apologists, but what kind of apologists we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/the-question-is-not-whether-we-are-apologists-but-what-kind-of/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/josh-mcdowell-4194_question_the-question-is-not-whether-we-are-apolo_938134.png) > [Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-santayana/since-barbarism-has-its-pleasures-it-naturally-has-its-apologists/) [George Santayana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-santayana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/george-santayana-478_barbarism_since-barbarism-has-its-pleasures-it-nat_1338980.png) > [Apologists for the profession contend that lawyers are as honest as other men, but this is not very encouraging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-lundberg/apologists-for-the-profession-contend-that-lawyers-are-as-honest-as/) [Ferdinand Lundberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-lundberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/ferdinand-lundberg-81915_honest_apologists-for-the-profession-contend-th_2706922.jpg) > [Evil usually doesn't think it's evil, it usually has many apologists, and its supporters usually portray it as a good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hawkins/evil-usually-doesn-t-think-it-s-evil-it-usually-has-many-apologists/) [John Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/john-hawkins-25322_evil_evil-usually-doesn-t-think-it-s-evil-it_290899.jpg) > [Sometimes Christian apologists say there are only three options to who Jesus was: a liar, a lunatic or the Lord. But there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-d-ehrman/sometimes-christian-apologists-say-there-are-only-three-options-to/) [Bart D. Ehrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-d-ehrman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/bart-d-ehrman-3928_christian_sometimes-christian-apologists-say-there_522859.png) > [“There may be no English word as bent and broken by casual misuse, or drained of blood by idealizing admirers and apologists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-keen/there-may-be-no-english-word-as-bent-and-broken-by-casual-misuse-or/) [Craig Keen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-keen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/616/craig-keen-35372_church_there-may-be-no-english-word-as-bent-and_1680670.jpg) > [I wonder how appropriate it is to try to 'argue someone into the kingdom.' Many apologists hotly deny any such charge, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/i-wonder-how-appropriate-it-is-to-try-to-argue-someone-into-the/) [Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/robert-m-price-13230_apologetic_i-wonder-how-appropriate-it-is-to-try-to_917146.jpg) > [“The efforts of apologists to find genuinely distinguished modern scientists who are religious have an air of desperation, generating the unmistakably hollow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-efforts-of-apologists-to-find-genuinely-distinguished-modern/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f7/richard-dawkins-115_creationism_the-efforts-of-apologists-to-find-genuin_2508676.jpg) > [Professional philosophers are usually only apologists: that is, they are absorbed in defending some vested illusion or some eloquent idea. Like lawyers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-santayana/professional-philosophers-are-usually-only-apologists-that-is-they/) [George Santayana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-santayana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/george-santayana-478_cases_professional-philosophers-are-usually-on_738470.png) > [Many of the religious apologists out there are not stupid people, they are often brilliant. People working in the field of theology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/many-of-the-religious-apologists-out-there-are-not-stupid-people-they/) [PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2e/pz-myers-24674_brilliant_many-of-the-religious-apologists-out-the_854373.jpg) > [“Apologetics is not listed as a spiritual gift for teachers, preachers, or evangelists, as though only some ought to become apologists. Rather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/apologetics-is-not-listed-as-a-spiritual-gift-for-teachers-preachers/) [Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/josh-mcdowell-4194_apologetics_apologetics-is-not-listed-as-a-spiritual_2538650.png) > [“I've heard all kinds of explanations from Christian apologists for why the Bible includes such harsh laws about women: that the laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-held-evans/i-ve-heard-all-kinds-of-explanations-from-christian-apologists-for/) [Rachel Held Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-held-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/rachel-held-evans-2876_protect-women_i-ve-heard-all-kinds-of-explanations-fro_2435238.png) > [“My friend J. Warner Wallace is one of the most thoughtful and winsome apologists for the gospel I know. Cold-Case Christianity is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-warner-wallace/my-friend-j-warner-wallace-is-one-of-the-most-thoughtful-and-winsome/) [J. Warner Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-warner-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/j-warner-wallace-40233_christianity_my-friend-j-warner-wallace-is-one-of-the_839699.jpg) > [“I did not write this work merely with the aim of setting the exegetical record straight. My larger target is those contemporaries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/i-did-not-write-this-work-merely-with-the-aim-of-setting-the/) [Larry Laudan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-laudan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/739/larry-laudan-78204_philosophy_i-did-not-write-this-work-merely-with-th_624923.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apologists/#itemlist", "name": "Apologists Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. 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People working in the field of theology and philosophy smart people everywhere. What they are those religious apologists are smart poeple who can build these amazingly intricate rationalizations for whatever weird practice they favor. Whether it's ritual cannibalism, or praying to spirits, or treating women as chattel. 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We all make a case for Christianity in some fashion or another—but are we doing it well?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Josh McDowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/apologetics-is-not-listed-as-a-spiritual-gift-for-teachers-preachers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/josh-mcdowell-4194_apologetics_apologetics-is-not-listed-as-a-spiritual_2538650.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/josh-mcdowell-4194_apologetics_apologetics-is-not-listed-as-a-spiritual_2538650.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/josh-mcdowell-4194_apologetics_apologetics-is-not-listed-as-a-spiritual_2538650.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Apologetics is not listed as a spiritual gift for teachers, preachers, or evangelists, as though only some…” — Josh McDowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I've heard all kinds of explanations from Christian apologists for why the Bible includes such harsh laws about women: that the laws were progressive in comparison to the surrounding culture, that they were designed to protect women from exploitation, that they weren't strictly observed anyway. These are useful insights, I suppose, but sometimes I wish these apologists wouldn't be in such a hurry to explain these troubling texts away, that they would allow themselves to be bothered by them now and then.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachel Held Evans" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-held-evans/i-ve-heard-all-kinds-of-explanations-from-christian-apologists-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/rachel-held-evans-2876_protect-women_i-ve-heard-all-kinds-of-explanations-fro_2435238.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/rachel-held-evans-2876_protect-women_i-ve-heard-all-kinds-of-explanations-fro_2435238.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/rachel-held-evans-2876_protect-women_i-ve-heard-all-kinds-of-explanations-fro_2435238.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've heard all kinds of explanations from Christian apologists for why the Bible includes such harsh laws…” — Rachel Held Evans", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My friend J. Warner Wallace is one of the most thoughtful and winsome apologists for the gospel I know. Cold-Case Christianity is literally packed with insights to share with the skeptics in your life, and this book will give you the confidence to share it!” Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. 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