Re: In the case against religious theism, what is so damning...
Care to explain how it is relevant that the existence of religions is easily explained without invoking a god?
The existence of people who believe in aliens is easily explained without invoking aliens too. Does this ruin the case for the existence of aliens? How?
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There is no longer a "case against religious theism", it is over. The people believing in religion/god are either choosing to ignore the arguments against it (which are almost innumerable and overwhelming), or arguing that its value justifies it. I would agree that truth and value are sometimes different things. I just don't think religion justifies itself. But the idea that an argument still needs to be made against religion, theism, etc is pretty laughable, and has been for at least a hundred years.
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This just isn't true. There are theists who have carefully considered opposing arguments and don't merely believe in God because they think that belief has value. They think the evidence justifies their belief that God exists.
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