Actually, need to be a little more specific...when he denigrates religion, he denigrates christian religion, never a word about islam, or budha, or any other religion.
“(for example that came up with plate tectonics was originally laughed out of his field, not to mention the guy who figured out ulcers were caused by bacteria was mocked for years)”
I heard a story once of how the term ‘Big Bang’ had come to be used. It was actually a mocking term invented by some atheistic science big wig who hated the theory. Atheists at the time were desperate to prove that the universe had existed infinitely in the past, to help their case. Eventually of course, the theory came to be the mainstream view, and I believe the guy ended up committing suicide. Sad story.
“Actually, need to be a little more specific...when he denigrates religion, he denigrates christian religion, never a word about islam, or budha, or any other religion.”
Very typical, and a little annoying as other ‘religions’ have many more obvious logical flaws than Christianity.
The funny thing is, people like your nephew don't realize that they're proving the truth of Christianity by their very actions. Jesus said it would be this way.