In my recent post about the damage of apologetics I highlighted how intellectually dishonest the field of apologists is, and how those who present themselves as such are spreading misinformation and ignorance about theology. I don’t regularly reference on my blog the overwhelming numbers of pastors found guilty of sexually abusing their congregation because it feels to me to be a rather obvious point, but considering the most recent updates about an online apologist I felt the connection to my previous post was too strong to avoid making a reference to the story.

Julie Roys — The Roys Report

Can a Psychopath and Rapist Be Fit for Ministry? A Response to Apologist David Wood

This week, The Roys Report (TRR) published a story about Christian apologist David Wood, who openly admitted he “had sex with” 13- and 15-year-old girls prior to becoming a Christian.

The admission was shocking enough. Making it more egregious was Wood’s seeming lack of remorse or apology.

What a reckoning for the online Christian apologist community. To admit this all came at a surprise requires admitting that they are no closer to the God they seek than those whom they admonish for not being properly informed on biblical matters. To claim divine knowledge of how to handle this situation requires them to apologize for terribly heinous actions in direct conflict with the morals they admonish the others for not following. How interesting that they choose admonishment of others instead of personal introspection! Could this all be a grift by narcissistic influencers seeking subscriber funds? Is this a general indictment of the apologist community and its usefulness for anyone, secular or religious? “By their fruits ye shall know them,” and those fruits seem pretty rotten to me.