See Thomas Nagel, “The Fear of Religion,” review of The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins, The New Republic (October 23, 2006). One of the leading theistic philosophers in the world, Alvin Plantinga, called Dawkins’s philosophical arguments sophomoric: “You might say that some of his forays into philosophy are at best sophomoric, but that would be unfair to sophomores; the fact is (grade inflation aside), many of his arguments would receive a failing grade in a sophomore philosophy class. This, combined with the arrogant, smarter-than-thou tone of the book, can be annoying. I shall put
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