How Not To Argue With Believers

I gave an example how not to argue with Atheists. Now I must do the reverse. Here is a good example how not to argue with Theists. A famous Atheist professor of philosophy Michael Ruse has this to say about Richard Dawkins book: "The God Delusion":



"The God Delusion,” a book written by Richard Dawkins, was first published almost a decade ago. In that time, some religious individuals have given up their faith after reading the book and many atheists have lauded it as a masterpiece. But not all atheists/skeptics regard it that way; those with philosophical, and other professional training, have criticized it. For example, Dr. Michael Ruse, a philosopher at Florida State University, who has written extensively on science and religion, has stated the following:

“Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion would fail any introductory philosophy or religion course. Proudly he criticizes that whereof he knows nothing. As I have said elsewhere, for the first time in my life, I felt sorry for the ontological argument. If we criticized gene theory with as little knowledge as Dawkins has of religion and philosophy, he would be rightly indignant.… Conversely, I am indignant at the poor quality of the argumentation in Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, and all of the others in that group…. I have written elsewhere that The God Delusion makes me ashamed to be an atheist. Let me say that again. Let me say also that I am proud to be the focus of the invective of the new atheists. They are a bloody disaster and I want to be on the front line of those who say so.” (source)