A Vox Day post explains nicely the same type of thinking I employ for The Divine Conspiracy.
I am not only a strong advocate of reading the material from opposing points of view, but of learning it and knowing it better than the advocates of that point of view. . .
. . . I have as little patience for Christians who think it is unnecessary to know what non-Christians are saying as I do for atheists who plead that cretinous Courtier’s Reply while simultaneously attempting to criticize religion in general or Christianity in particular. The fact that one might happen to be correct about something should never be confused for the knowledge of why one is correct, the probability that one is correct, or the ability to explain why someone else is incorrect. The best minds constantly embrace challenges to their thinking, they do not run and hide from them. I can only commend the likes of Dr. Lambart who do not shirk from doing what every good teacher should do and expose their students to the arguments and ideologies they will be expected to face in the future.
This is why TDC has material that is outright hostile to the Christian worldview. Christians need to know what the opposition is saying, and this means reading the actual articles/essays/books, etc., not simply reading critiques by Christians of those original articles/essays/books. Capiche?