I was reminded recently of the concept of “possibilianism.” This article is a great representation of my own observations on the new not-new idea.
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/eagleman-vs-harris-a-big-fizzle/
I especially liked this part:
“I found the video irritating and a bit smug, as if Eagleman were saying, ‘I’m better than both ends of the belief spectrum.’ If he can’t dismiss the idea of God, than neither can he dismiss the ideas of fairies, leprechauns, and fire-breathing dragons whose habitat has simply remained elusive. So possibilianism turns our brains into big Halloween bags full of appealing but unhealthy notions.”
I also like this quote from Sam Harris:
“[referring to scriptural books] each is barren of scientific insights and bursting with logical, factual, and moral errors. You know this to be true—you say as much in your talk—and yet this knowledge constitutes nothing more, nor less, than atheism”