His argument was not a "we're basically the same, you can round off the way in which we are not, QED" argument. It was a way of giving a theist an atheist's per

His argument was not a "we're basically the same, you can round off the way in which we are not, QED" argument. It was a way of giving a theist an atheist's perspective. "HOW can you not believe in God? I can't imagine life without believing in God!" "Well millions of people used to not be able to imagine life without believing in Zeus et al, and you don't believe in them." It reminds them that there isn't even a consensus within theists over which god is the right one, and it's a way to diffuse the issue.