@kennethamy,
i think the guy just used the wrong words in his quote specifically the word "logic"
i think he was implying a pragmatic form of logic
what he meant to say was:
"syllogism is an organized way of going wrong with confidence"
even thought he didnt write the quite this way i know i know.. but this is just what im assuming he means
so instead he used the word "logic" for some unknown reason
reguardless i think he makes a good point
often times in situations we go against our confidence because we think and think about consequences and what not and decide not to do what we were confident in doing
but i think alot of people deep down just believe god exists and alls it takes is a book to make that belief true to them.. because its all a belief even when you use a pragmatical approach to inference, your still going with your intuition
even though we all know god doesnt have hands and doesnt write books and definently didnt write in english 2000 years ago lots of people still believe in god because of this
pragmatically its not clever to say "god exists because the bible says so"
but so what?
if i write in a book that I exist does that mean I exist? you cannot prove anyone exists its all a belief
and faith is a very important quality and lesson here in life.. to me anyway