Now that I'm back from my holidays I'm able to set this up, at last. As I said in the preliminary thread regarding the society, an 'apologist' is one who stands up to defend the Christian faith (intellectually) or who sets out to provide answers to objections, or just someone who sets out to have a friendly dialogue with someone not of the Christian faith.
It can mean many things, and theories of apologetics are diverse.
When I first posted the possibility of such a society people were (and hopefully still are) interested. So, on that note, I'll reitorate for all you lovely peoples.
How many Christians reading this would be interested in a society where they can find out more about their faith, find out about liasoning with other faiths, or indeed how they can defend their faith? How many would-be apologists reading this are interested in a society in which they can help each other in research, discussion or just in pointing out useful sources?
How many non-Christians reading this are interested in a society where you can come and ask questions and hopefully get a response? Or indeed, how many non-Christians (looking at members of the ath-soc here, in particular) would be interested in a society that they can formally debate?
If you are, I encourage you join.
[Hopefully, this will become an official society asap (at which point, this will be edited out) - when that happens, join the society through the societies page on TSR.]
Let the dialogue, debate, discussion and reflection begin
My vision for this is that we are all equal - let us assume that you know no more than me, and I no more than you, and you no more than each other. This simple acknowledgement will prevent anyone from being burdened to post - let the society be an easy flowing forum of questions, encouragements, advice, source referrals and so on. Maybe along the way, we'll develop a sense of humour and the whole thing won't be
too serious-looking...
Nathan