Is that true though? Simple faith in what? I would think most people have never heard of him (I hadn't). Is the suggestion that people with a strong, simple faith read these people and abandon it? I can't see that myself, unless there is some doubt in which case surely it is sensible to explore it. When I was a believer, no amount of atheistic arguments would budge me because I simply knew it was true. I wanted to be convinced.
Is it a positive thing to believe something but be unable to defend the beliefs?