 things that aren't there is obviously not a good thing, in particular when it leads us to invent things that then become alternative explanations or end the search for real causes. And it's not a good thing. Well, that's great. So that gives us a pretty nice flavor of Dennett's atheism. There's the debunking explanation for belief in God. There's the claim that evolution isn't just true, but a good story. And also there's his concerns about the dangers of certain forms of theism. But