I’ve gotten far too used to seeing creationists adopt a more
or less defensive posture, taking issue with what purports to be intelligent criticism
from a scientific perspective, but usually amounts to nothing more than derisive
sniping. The non-scientific media relentlessly harangue creationists over views they haven’t read and don’t understand in favor of secular
views they also haven’t read and couldn’t coherently articulate in any case.
These apologetics are of some limited use; however, because they are
almost completely defensive, they cannot do much to rehabilitate — let
alone popularize — the creationist position in the public sphere.
