P/NP? tidbit learned 'cause of Alice books

[Robin Landseadel]

On Jul 10, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>  
> wrote:
>>
>> There is a minorly famous mystery---which I have not read---
>> by G.K Chesterton called The Man Who Was Thursday.
>>
>> Martin Gardner says this in precis: "Thursday, the God figure--- 
>> [Chesterton was a prolific, polemical Catholic apologist] ----
>> in the book, leaves notes as clues which are false......"
>>
> I forget exactly how the story goes but I think the better word for
> what he was is "apologetist."
>
> My spell checker marks it incorrect however so I'm not sure.
>
> Apologist just doesn't sound right
>
> p


"Apologetic" looks like a descriptive term, "Apologist"  the person  
'splain' why they BELIEVE!!!!!!

	• Main Entry:	apol·o·get·ics
	....................................................
	• Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
	• Date: circa 1733
1 : systematic argumentative discourse in defense (as of a doctrine)
2 : a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine origin  
and authority of Christianity

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apologetics