If we have the truth...

You know Ang raised an interesting point while we were working out a couple of weeks ago. If we have the truth - "we" means Christians - then why do we try to "trick" up our arguments for the truth? Why do churches utilize advertising campaigns for their church that would get a regular corporation in trouble for false advertising? You know in a way, this could be an argument against Christianity, that we always give "half-truths" to make our point for Christianity. If the Christian worldview is true, then we do not need to be apologetic about it, we need to proclaim it boldly. But, have Christians become too lazy that they do not know what the truth is anymore? Or are they too lazy to give a good argument and fall back on sophistry to win an argument? Obviously this is something that is important to me. People will always accuse Christians of lying, immorality, and bringing about evil, e.g. the crusades. This doesn't mean that we need to the job easier for those who are opposed to Christianity by using half-truths in Christian arguments.