Apologetics Quote by Austin Farrer

What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which…

— Austin Farrer

Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

— Alister E. McGrath

It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The…

— Austin Farrer

“Expand the authority, validity and integrity of your argument or view. Consider making a true defense for your belief from a foundation of sound,…

— Loren Weisman

“how easily people can zealously pursue and defend a point of view, often ignoring inconvenient facts that interfere with their desired belief structure. I”

— Jay Allan

I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things.

— Marilynne Robinson

“The proof that we believe something isn’t when we agree with what someone teaches us, it’s when we act on it.”

— John Bevere

“It may be laid down broadly that irrationalism, i.e. disbelief in objective fact, arises almost always from the desire to assert something for which…

— Bertrand Russell

“Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument.”

— Deepak Chopra

“Arguing against people who control the terms of debate is a hard task, and in a way exponents of diversity have achieved a tremendous…

— Ed West

Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally.

— Steven Weinberg

“One cannot exchange ideas with a rational person any more than one can argue with a religious fanatic.”

— A. Manette Ansay