He argues, for example, that moral codes argue for an afterlife. I’m not sure that’s a good argument. If I made an automatic vacuum cleaner and programmed it to avoid my cats, does that imply that the vacuum cleaner will live on forever? Why does behavioral programming by an external agent imply that the programmed device will exist in eternity?

He also points out that belief in an afterlife gives the believer “a sense of hope and purpose”. Well, yes, I can vouch for that, but that’s no more to the point of arguing for an afterlife than the observation that a drunk man is happier than a sober one is an argument for drinking to excess.

And he also trots out quantum physics and cosmology to abuse them as if they prove his point the way countless pushers of pseudoscientific beliefs (e.g., The Secret) do. You’re not exactly helping our case by couching your arguments in technical-sounding gobbledygook, Mr. D’Souza. People who have an inkling of what these advanced ideas actually posit would rightly laugh you to scorn, and sadly, would probably drag all of Christendom with you.

Kash, Of course the Jesus of the Gospels teaches humility not arrogance. The Sermon on the Mount comes to mind but there are many other examples throughout the New Testament where humility is encouraged such as Romans 12:16 and Philippians 2:3. All major religions teach humility and to avoid even appearing to be arrogant. People read all kinds of crazy things into the Bible. According to the prosperity preachers like John Hagee and Jess Duplantis Jesus was rich and lived in a big house. Of course in the text we read Jesus tell someone he had no place to stay.