J Joseph Barber writes: "I can’t reply to everyone, or to every point, so I have pulled from the mass of rejoinders what I believe to be some of the better counter arguments." ... and in his updated article replies to zero of my counter arguments.
Really, Mr. Barber? None of my 10 counter arguments are good enough to warrant a response ... yet you take the time to come to my site and post comments multiple times? It looks more like you stacked the deck in your recent response, cherry picking only the points you found easy to rebut.
You can ignore the defects I cited, but until you address them your original thesis remains dubious at best.