Posted: Jan 04, 2014 4:28 pm
by Matthew Shute
Mick wrote:I am not sure what sort of justification the simple man in the pews has for his belief, but it makes little sense to attack them. Instead, intellectual attacks should be mounted towards the sophisticated defences, since they lead the way or stand at the beachfront.


At best, the more sophistic defenses reassure theists that they have something clever in their corner. Those defenses don't so much stand as wriggle and slither; but lacking the internal substance of greased eels, trying to pin them down is much like attempting nail watery jelly to a wall.

Get back to us when your God is logically coherent, let alone demonstrable.