Q&A: Arguments with Atheists
Arguments with Atheists
Question
Doesn’t it bother you to argue with atheists who are several levels below you? Aside from the debate with Enoch, in every argument you were simply several levels above. I don’t know whether that says something general about all atheists, but the gap is really huge.
Answer
Thanks for the compliments. Is there a question here?
Discussion on Answer
Not angry, and not even disappointed. It’s not materially different from discussions with religious speakers.
To get angry or disappointed, you need some emotional investment. The discussion with Eilam Gross just left me astonished. Other discussions I heard were actually at a reasonable level on both sides (I’ll continue with the compliments and say that the Rabbi was a level above), but Eilam—that was a strange story. I thought he was an intelligent person, even if not used to philosophy, but he didn’t meet even the most minimal bar.
It seems to me that the question is as follows:
Is the Rabbi angry or disappointed by the level of the discussion with the atheists?