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The new atheists are putting out new books and articles, bus adverts and TV programmes like

there's no tomorrow. They've gained a large amount of public attention and media exposure -

but do their arguments really hold water? Using the analogy put forward by the esteemed

philosopher Anthony Flew, Michael Poole examines the new atheists' use of the 'ten leaky

buckets' tactic of argumentation - presenting readers with a sum of arguments that are each

individually defective, as though the cumulative effect should be persuasive. This closer look

at the facts reveals that the buckets are, indeed, leaky.

Michael Poole is Visiting Research Fellow in Science and Religion at King's College, London.