I suspect that the Binker phenomenon of childhood may be a good model for understanding theistic belief in adults.

Indeed, many a man approaching Kant with a firm theistic belief finds his belief somewhat shaken by Kantian logic.

How to raise this dead level of theistic belief is really a matter of life and death for all denominations.

Aristotle is not quite consistent when he attempts to give us his theistic beliefs.

We only hear of a "Refutation of Deism", a dialogue between Eusebes and Theosophus, which attacked all forms of Theistic belief.