New Atheism: What Went Wrong?

The cynical argument for the existence of God is also empirical, while Dennett is correct that there are those who believe in the belief of God, there are others who find God in the Sacraments - both Communion and Baptism/Confirmation, that go beyond group dynamics, even at times when the Church behaves which such evil that no one should keep the faith.

The second empirical argument is near death experiencers. At least one case of many demonstrate the truth of the experience on the other side. The existence of mediums who have gifts not used in fraud also verify the existence of souls beyond materialism. These experiences also show that a belief in God is not at all necessary to experience grace in the afterlife. Since it has no effect, the argument about God is simply a pleasant diversion with no ultimate effect - regardless of what the Church teaches or what New Atheists deny.

The third empirical argument is that materialism and belief can exist in the same space. The existence of the energy of life in chemical and electrical forms is consistent with a materialistic soul which disproves the ghost in the machine - as proven by neuroscientific explorations on consciousness (including finding a God center - which is likely to be about group dynamics, not God).

The existence of the universalism of Spinoza (pantheism) is also consistent with the very real success of Alcoholics Anonymous - which is blatantly pantheistic, as well as the belief in both the early Church and the teachings of the last two bishops that no one is in Hell - which also coincides with the teachings of Jesus that are not stressed (a God of Love, whose yoke is easy and burden light, that the resurrection is not reanimation and that forgiveness is essential). In this way, the argument is essential not in proving or disproving God, but in criticizing where the Church gets it wrong as a human organization that behaves in a way that can be explained by sociology. That belief can occur despite the Church is the argument for God.

At least this is what works for me. As for the New Atheist denial of a god by the use of scorn against identifying as a believer, this is simply a use of the Ad Hominem fallacy by people who should know better.