The Brutish Indifference of Atheism

I'm going to tell you how to win every argument: indifference. As long as you recast your opponent’s argument in terms that make it seem like there is no compelling reason to care to to be convinced, you will never lose.

This is a technique the atheist often employs. If the Christian argues that God must exist in order to give meaning to our lives, the atheist need simply say: "I don't care if my life matters in some grand sense, or to some almighty being. It matters to me. That's enough." Or if the theist argues that morality must be grounded in some ultimate standard of right and wrong, the atheist can say, "I don't care about 'objective' morality. As long as most people agree that we shouldn't harm each other, that's enough for me." If the theist argues that the universe requires an explanation for its existence, or else it is unintelligible,  the atheist can say, "I'm comfortable with the universe being a brute fact. Science can explain how microwaves and black holes work, and that's enough for me."

There's no way to convince the indifferent interlocutor to care about your argument. No matter how subtle, how precise, or how convincing you are, they can always declare: "I'm not convinced. You haven't given me enough evidence to believe the premises of your argument, so I reject the conclusion. And anyway, it doesn’t much matter." And that's just the reasonable ones.