There is a distinct difference in the «belief» derived from testable and empirical physical evidence which is repeatedly validated via successful predictions and applications in medicine, agriculture, engineering, etc, and the «belief» of those who
rely on alleged supernatural, divinely - inspired narratives where the only application for these «beliefs» is
apologetics.
Lewis warned readers of the hazards of
relying on intellect — particularly
apologetics — over spirituality, writing, «That is why we apologists take our lives in our hands and can be saved only by falling back continually from the web of our own arguments, as from our intellectual counters, into the Reality — from Christian
apologetics into Christ Himself.