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Desrtopa comments on Evolutionary psychology as "the truth-killer" - Less Wrong
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I don't see why you need to debate this with your father. On several forums I've advised young atheists with religiously obsessive parents that they need to secure themselves financially so that they don't have to move back in with these parents in our bad economy. A teenage or college-aged atheist shouldn't announce his apostasy until he can finish college with a marketable degree, get a job, pay off all debts down to zero and then save up about a year's worth of living expenses in case he becomes unemployed. Young atheists who do this will have the financial protection they need to tell their respective families about their atheism.
Considering that he's asking for help on the basis that he had already come out to his father as an atheist shortly before joining the site, I think it's a bit late for this sort of advice. From his introductory post:
So not telling his family about his atheism is really not on the table.
He could pretend to recant, which would help preserve his father's opinion of him in the short term, but it's possible that this deception will make Benedict even more uncomfortable with their relationship than overt disagreement. There is also a danger that this will hurt his relationship with his father even more in the event that he comes clean about his atheism at a later date.