Apologetics Question and Answer Help
The "Apologetics Question and Answer" web page consists of a table that is used to display questions asked using the "question" input field (above the table and after the "Question:" label). Each question that is asked can then be answered by selecting the images for the various web sites that can be queried using the specified question.
Each question should be asked using the input field above the table. This question should be about topics related to the Bible (e.g., "How old is the earth?", "How reliable is the Bible?", "Explain distant starlight in context of a young earth", etc.) but not questions about the tenets of our belief. Each question should normally end with a question mark (?) indicating that it is a question. However, rather than a question, input that requests a response (e.g., one that starts with "explain") can be entered.
The "Voice input" button can be used to use voice input to specify the input question/request. When this button is selected, the text in the button changes to "Listening" to indicate that voice input is activated. When the user stops speaking, the button text will revert and the question/request will be added to the table.
The following screenshot shows the table after the question "How old is the earth?" is entered. Once the question or request is entered, the images for that row are used to relay the request/question to the various web sites capable of answering that question.
The columns in the table and the action taken when an image for that column is selected are:
- uses the ChatGPT chatbot (https://chatgpt.com) to generate an article that addresses the question/request for that row of the table. The request to ChatGPT is prefixed with "According to the LCMS," in order to flavor the response based on the LCMS. When ChatGPT is used, a simple web page with the question to ask ChatGPT is displayed. This question/request should be copied, which will bring up ChatGPT in another window. The question/request should then be pasted into the ChatGPT input field to request ChatGPT to answer the question/response.
- uses the Perplexity chatbot (https://perplexity.com) to generate an article that addresses the question/request for that row of the table. The request to Perplexity is prefixed with "According to the LCMS," in order to flavor the response based on the LCMS. Perplexity, unlike ChatGPT, includes the references it used to generate the article.
- uses the Google search engine (https://www.google.com) to generate results for the question/request for that row. An LCMS keyword is added to the question/request to have Google flavor its response based on the LCMS.
- uses the Yahoo search engine (https://search.yahoo.com) to generate results for the question/request for that row. An LCMS keyword is added to the question/request to have Yahoo flavor its response based on the LCMS.
- uses the DuckDuckGo search engine (https://duckduckgo.com) to generate results for the question/request for that row. An LCMS keyword is added to the question/request to have DuckDuckGo flavor its response based on the LCMS.
- Lutheran (Wisconsin synod) science web site (https://lutheranscience.org) designed to answer apologetics questions. Unfortunately, this web site is not as advanced as the other apologetics web sites and, therefore, less likely to answer the question being posed to it
- Lutheran web site (https://apologeticscenter.org) designed to answer apologetics questions. Unfortunately, this web site is not as advanced as the other apologetics web sites and, therefore, less likely to answer the question being posed to it
- web site ("https://www.gotquestions.org) designed to answer apologetics questions (and Biblical questions but frequently with answers that are not consistent with LCMS teaching)
- controversial web site (https://apologeticspress.org) that does provide answers to many apologetics questions
- originally a web site (https://answersingenesis.org) devoted answering questions related to the early chapters of Geneis (creation through the flood) that has been expanded to answer all sorts of apologetics questions
- web site designed to answer apologetics questions
- apologetics web site associated with Christian apologist Frank Turek (who has produced numerous videos of his on-campus visits and interactions with college students)
- apologetics web site associated with Christian apologist Josh McDowell (author of several well-known apologetics books)
- apologetics web site associated with Christian apologist Sean McDowell (son of Josh McDowell)