My argument for atheism +

[Abaddon_ire]

While I’d hardly call Plato, Aristotle etc ‘cranks’, you make a very fair point. Christianity is, in a very practical sense, what the majority of Christians believe it to be. No one is going to make much headway against a literal hell, substitutive sacrifice or infant damnation by poking holes in what Aquinas had to say about it.

Boru

Christianity is a lot of different things. It's not accurate to pretend it's monolithic. 

Strawman. There are THOUSANDS of varieties of christianity. We all know this. Even you know it, even though your version is one among many. Why you would pretend otherwise is anyone's guess.

While it is good to argue against the most simple-minded Christians, we shouldn't pretend that our work is finished at that point. 

Why must you lie? "our work"? That is a larf and a harf. You are a closet christian. So far in the closet that it seems you have discovered fucking Narnia complete with Aslan-jesus. I pointed this out rather early, now others are starting to cotton on to your game.

Do you think I am wrong? Prove it. No more philosobabble, state your belief about your god of choice. You can do so, or continue to hurl honking pork pies. The choice is yours.

As Popper says, you have to attack your opponent on his strongest argument. If you only attack the weakest one, all the hard work is left to do. Opponents of religion like Dawkins who treat all Christianity as if it were the dumbest American literalism and then declare victory are naive.

That amounts to an admission of your own christianity.

Come, come. Pony up. State what you really believe.

Or are you really that scared that your faith is so fragile?