Maybe he could alter that last part from illusion of knowledge to an assumption of sure knowledge as an enemy worse than honest ignorance; kind of like his assertion that a creator God who’d possess a mind and will and some personal characteristics is not necessary, say, to explain his sharp mind’s existence..that somehow is able to comprehend what reasonably has the appearance to be designed by a super intelligent and immensely powerful being(s) The self-attesting witness in earthly nature and the cosmos, though ‘silent.’ is strong/good [and] a common sense conclusion (IMO). It’s evidence manifested in the rich abundance of so very many complex intelligent like us, the only God-concious creature [that] we ARE and the wonderous animals that we see around us.