> by applied reason  i don't think so.  most people aren't reasonable and don't care about things like that. theism always trounces atheism in scholarly debates throughout recent years like plantinga v mackie or bahnsen v stein or bill craig v everyone, and we didn't see a gigantic growth of the faith in anywhere except nerdy isolated corners of the internet.  notice nu-atheism didn't boom until dawkin's "the god delusion," a work hailed as utter fallacious garbage by both sides of the theism debate. charisma is more important in interacting with this world than intelligence or being able to show your work. the international cabal of judeo-atheism gets more bang from their buck by having comedians push their messages rather than professors at universities.
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