re ancient books in article apr athos rutgers edu atterlep vela acs oakland edu cardinal ximenez writes i don t think it s possible to convince atheists of the validity of christianity through argument we have to help foster faith and an understanding of god i could be wrong are there any former atheists here who were led to christianity by argument this is an excellent question and i ll be anxious to see if there are any such cases i doubt it in the medieval period esp th cent when aquinas flourished argument was a useful tool because everyone knew the rules today when you can t count on people knowing even the basics of logic or seeing through rhetoric a good argument is often indistinguishable from a poor one sorry just one of my perennial gripes ken miner kuhub cc ukans edu nobody can explain everything to everybody opinions are my own g k chesterton
