Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?

[Astreja]

... The entire other thread ... makes the prospect of becoming a theist, if that's what it does for one's mental state and temperament, very off-putting. Every part of this marketing strategy is a huge fuck-up.

I'd say that this is an accurate observation.  I find apologetics in general rather disturbing at both a gut level and an intellectual level.  Something that requires so much interpretation, so much philosophical Twister and so many excuses is IMO almost certainly hogwash from the get-go.  The idea of being sucked into that culture and that mindset is utterly terrifying.