> That's just being deliberately obtuse. What? That's rather insulting to assume; I'm being absolutely serious. > I don't believe I've ever in my life heard "

> That's just being deliberately obtuse. What? That's rather insulting to assume; I'm being absolutely serious. > I don't believe I've ever in my life heard "apologist" used in a non-pejorative sense. That's genuinely interesting. I've always heard it used in a respectful sense. We must run in different circles. (I've always heard it used of Christian apologetics.)