That aspect of the story was so infantile it seems clear that Mr. He trod old ground and made the same logical mistakes that many have made before. Sawyer thought that by changing what we know, adding new fabricated knowledge and introducing a foreign perspective he could enrich the discussion of the “does god exist” question. It was about as much a useful parable on the acceptance of theism by critical thinkers as Sherlock Holmes is a textbook of crime scene investigation.
He accomplished no such thing, of course. This position shows both a lack of understanding of the process of science and, apparently, religion.
The “Science is just another religion” view. He made it abundantly clear that he hoped to show that people who disregard theology in favor of a reasoned approach to the world based on scientific study were just as biased and closed minded as some theists. Sawyer made it difficult to enjoy this book by “poisoning the well” in his preface.
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