So, paradoxically, the triumph of atheism would lead to its own demise, since it would destroy that which gives it its identity.
The "aristocratic" idea of atheism was an artificial product of "philosophism," while the "entirely popular" idea of an "incomprehensible power" arose naturally.
His idea is to invoke ' the most probable ' theism and to oppose it to atheism alone, without taking into account improbable theisms.
Although we shall not discuss this in depth, there seems to be a strong link between atheism and reluctance against use of narrowtrust connections.
This is undoubtedly a book all serious students and scholars of atheism will want to have on their shelves.
But while this option does not lead immediately to atheism, it may do so indirectly.
In such a world, atheism would have triumphed.
It articulated a set of values that conservatives wanted desperately to disavow, combining anti-government rhetoric, staunch pro-capitalism, and atheism into a particularly noxious mixture.
