As anyone who has participated in or even just watched various religious arguments being presented and debated knows, religious arguments tend to be persuasively inert and, usually, are found compelling only by those who already accept the conclusion of such arguments. This two-part video attempts to get at some of the reasons for this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9c7rG6Urs&feature=digest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubm6T__hbbg&annotation_id=annotation_708236&feature=iv
Would be interested in hearing everyones (both sises) take on this.