Would a quick look at the sale of books relating to the topic of Christianity be considered "evidence" of thought to this "rational thinker?"
How about the number of hours spent in Sunday School classes in group reading and instruction? Sermons ranging from the 20 minute Protestant type to the three hour Evangelical type and the daily Catholic Homily type--does all of this add up to ignorance?
The books of CS Lewis alone account for a huge chunk of the publishing industry, not to mention Christian classics such as Thomas Aquinas and the Confessions of St. Augustine and the "Imitation of Christ" by Thomas A Kempis.
One may argue that just because the Bible is the Number one best selling book of all time, that people buy it but don't read it, but how does one dismiss modern sales of Max Lucado, Deittrich Bonhoeffer or "The Purpose Driven Life" and "The Prayer of Jabez."
One may not agree with the content of all of these, but it is surely some "evidence" that thoughtful Christians know what we believe...
Can we just change the title of this thread to "Why they Ridicule us?"
No it wouldn't. They have an arrogant conceit as I spelled out in No. 4.
All you have to do is read their writings and it leaps right out at you.
Oh, please.
Yes, they are evergreens, and still sell, but a "huge chunk"? You either are unfamiliar with the publishing industry or are terminally optimistic.