Here's the core problem, as I see it: Unless a person's spiritual body is awakened and properly 'breathing' it can be like trying to explain the sentient nature of the universe to someone who is literally asleep. They can't understand. They can't conceive it to be real.
If Deepak is going to convince the spiritually comatose asleep that there truly is an intelligence behind the reality we are experiencing YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM!!!! If you cannot show them all you have are words and they will counter with their words.
The final outcome will always be a stalemate; even as it has always been. Deepak will never convince them and they will never convince Deepak. However, I must admit that at least Deepak has the courage to confront the atheist skeptics in a public forum. That takes guts alright and I applaud him for that!
Obviously, there are scientists who feel there is a controlling intelligence behind the reality we experience and there are scientists who do not and this expands into the field of quantum mechanics. Each side of the proverbial coin has scientists who are firmly convinced THEIR particular point of view is the most correct. Until someone SHOWS THEM DIFFERENT chances are it will always remain this way for, I feel, words will NOT awaken the spiritually comatose asleep and that's all there is to it!
Notice how Michael Shermer is so spiritually comatose dead he can't even respond to Deepak. All he can really do is say he's wrong. If it wasn't for the other guy Shermer would be exposed, by Deepak, as THE IDIOT HE TRULY IS!!!!!