I get the impression that he’s suggesting the solution is not to water down the gospel but to actually live it. It’s nothing new or profound – but it’s a point that needs making over and over again. We can fight the intellectual fight all we like – but it’s not generally an intellectual argument that wins converts to atheism. It’s either the attractive lifestyle that not believing in God presents or the disconnect between what Christians say and what they do.

The Friendly Atheist has linked to the iMonk story and basically suggested that appealing to believers on the basis of lifestyle is the way to deconvert them.