Creationist apologetics - general characteristics
What is apologetics?Apologists begin with a conclusion (life was created)
Apologists rationalize, they don't develop and test hypotheses
Apologists employ lists of objections to evolution
Apologists employ the argument from ignorance
Apologists prefer logic to analysis (avoid formal reasoning skills)
Apologists employ rhetoric and debate, but avoid testing hypotheses
Followers often have weak science backgrounds
Leaders tend to be scientists for whom doctrine trumps science.
Apologists avoid peer review - ludicrous arguments never fully disappear
Apologists are wary of discussion with mainline scientists
Scientist's beliefs trump expertise and reputation
Apologists appeal to the general public and consider the scientific community "biased"
Apologists are "selectively critical"
Apologists imagine scientists to be unaware of creationist apologetics
Apologists don't distinguish apologetics from science