What's the difference between apologetics and religious?

Apologetics


Definition:

  • (n.) That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Here they led within 90 seconds against a team whose fragility has been all too clear this term, and still contrived to wilt almost apologetically.
  • (2) Cameron signalled he had no intention of ousting Cable after telling an "end of term" press conference today that the business seceretary "was very apologetic at Cabinet this morning".
  • (3) One day, they are gone, leaving only an apologetic note on the kitchen table.
  • (4) In the second half of Pantene's commercial, previously-apologetic women revolt.
  • (5) He makes the case for spending cuts not in ideological terms, but almost apologetically, as a grim necessity forced by circumstances.
  • (6) Puncheon's long free-kick was met by Marouane Chamakh on the edge of the six-yard box, and although the substitute's header was saved by David Marshall, using his legs, the ball ran to Ledley who nudged it home, almost apologetically.
  • (7) Appearing on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, New York's public radio station, Lehrer – no relation to his host – said he was "not apologetic" and said the debate had been the first "unrehearsed" moment of the presidential campaign.
  • (8) Ellie Lee, a sociologist at Kent University, agrees with this stealth aspect: "People will say secretly to their friends that they enjoy their work, but you have this really apologetic presentation of self amongst working mothers – you know, 'I'd rather work a bit less, I'd rather be with my children'.
  • (9) Dimond claims the person asking him questions for the habitual residence test was "very apologetic" for even making him undergo it.
  • (10) Fouad asked with meek and apologetic smile if he could have our phones.
  • (11) Look, I say, apologetically, I'm going to press ahead.
  • (12) The fishmonger is summoned and scurries away apologetically.
  • (13) said the woman arranging our new mortgage, apologetically.
  • (14) Bronwyn Bishop vows to stay in office despite referral of helicopter trip to police Read more “She has repaid the money with a penalty and, as she said on the weekend, obviously she is sorry, obviously she is apologetic.
  • (15) Apologetic and stony faced, the boss of the Japanese carmaker Toyota repeatedly expressed "sincere regrets" for faulty accelerator pedals linked to dozens of deaths and injuries yesterday as US lawmakers pounded his handling of a safety crisis afflicting more than 8m vehicles globally.
  • (16) The letter I received from East Coast customer services was apologetic, and admitted having let me down both in terms of the malfunctioning machines and the advice given to me by their staff, but the fine was not revoked.
  • (17) She said the waiter was polite, as was a supervisor who was very apologetic but stated that it was hotel policy for mothers to cover up while breastfeeding.
  • (18) Bristling with sonic ideas and anchored by a massive chorus, it’s a confident return for Flowers compared to that slightly apologetic 2010 debut.
  • (19) She still lives with her mum, and wasn’t so much exasperated by that as faintly apologetic for her good fortune.
  • (20) My words, disordered and vague, tumble out of my mouth in hurried little apologetic bursts that start badly before imploding.

Religious


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.
  • (a.) Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.
  • (a.) Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
  • (a.) Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
  • (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You can see where the religious meme sprung from: when the world was an inexplicable and scary place, a belief in the supernatural was both comforting and socially adhesive.
  • (2) Our parents had no religious beliefs and there will be no funeral."
  • (3) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
  • (4) In the process, the DfE's definition of extremism has shifted from actual bomb-throwers to religious conservatives.
  • (5) Indeed, the nationalist and religious right bloc merely held steady , gaining just one seat.
  • (6) There can’t be something, someone that could fix this and chooses not to.” Years of agnosticism and an open attitude to religious beliefs thrust under the bus, acknowledging the shame that comes from sitting down with those the world forgot.
  • (7) Maryam Namazie, an Iranian-born campaigner against religious laws, had been invited to speak to the Warwick Atheists, Secularists and Humanists Society next month.
  • (8) And of course, as the articles are shared far and wide across the apparently much-hated web, they become gospel to those who read them and unfortunately become quasi-religious texts to musicians of all stripes who blame the internet for everything that is wrong with their careers.
  • (9) Males scored higher than females on theoretical and lower on religious scales.
  • (10) After excluding isonymous matings the chi-square values for unique and nonunique surname pairs remained significant for both religious groups.
  • (11) Religious efforts to address the issue have also been complicit in absolving men of their crimes, objectifying women and doing more harm than good with campaigns that blame women for the phenomenon.
  • (12) However, social support significantly correlated with depression and there was some indication that the type of institutional setting and frequency of religious participation also interacts with the level of depression.
  • (13) Waco, Texas, will forever be known for the siege that began in February 1993 when agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided a compound owned by the Branch Davidian religious sect to investigate allegations of weapons hoarding.
  • (14) But whether it arose from religious belief, from a noblesse oblige or from a sense of solidarity, duty in Britain has been, to most people, the foundation of rights rather than their consequence.
  • (15) There are long-running tensions between the state and the region's large Uighur Muslim population, with many angered by cultural and religious restrictions imposed by the Chinese authorities and some aspiring to independence for what they call East Turkestan.
  • (16) Hillary Clinton said that people who are pro-life have to change our religious beliefs,” said Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal in a statement released by the American Future project , which is backing his undeclared presidential campaign.
  • (17) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
  • (18) But first he flew to Saudi Arabia to make the religiously encouraged pilgrimage to Mecca; he found himself stranded in Bahrain after he was unable to enter Kenya.
  • (19) In the afternoon he reads historical or religious books and novels.
  • (20) Three members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot are facing two years in a prison colony after they were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, in a case seen as the first salvo in Vladimir Putin's crackdown on opposition to his rule.