I actually appreciated your article sir, would love to hear/read the transcript of the speech Dawkins tried to heckle.

I suppose the diatribes I have read here are the product of Canada's educated elite.  You are right: it is the same old same old stuff.  Nothing knew it wasn't knew from before when the argument to the question became resolving.  You hardly can blame the Canadian intellectual.  Our universities show profound lack of rigor.  For example, on of the last greatest philosopher of faith was Soren Kierkegaard, the father of existentialism.  I have read with many philosopher students were cursorily engaged with Kierkegaard, a wiki version or a wick version in very expensive philosophy text books.  I know philosopher grads at an MA and Phd level, but it really is astounding to discover how they came to my programs without reading original sources.  Some have studied Kierkegaard "in depth" but the never actually read his opus magnus: "Sickness unto Death".

Sadly I too often find people have mad hard decisions about philosophical world views based on Coles notes versions of the text at best.  Therefor agnostics and avowed atheists have formed their views on very crumbly foundations.  Almost as bad as lots of Christians who surprise surprise have even more rudimentary positions.  So after taking on a few light weights, the ballsy posters may one day meet a giant slayer.

Yet it would seem posters here who appeal to reason have fallen down in attempts at proffering it. I can here them saying "don't bother us with facts and rebuttals our minds are already made up"