Rational argument ... maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

"Though argument does not create conviction," the English theologian and philosopher Austin Farrer wrote, praising the great Christian apologist, scholar, and writer C.S. Lewis, "lack of it destroys belief. What seems to be proved may not be embraced; but what no one shows that ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish."