Ra's 'missing books of the Bible' argument is characterized as 'tying knots' — a rhetorical move that throws out confusion rather than offering a coherent argument.

Ra displays a list of supposed missing books the audience cannot read (they're off-screen, so viewers cannot evaluate the claim). Winger's response: the Bible mentions other books that existed without claiming those books were Scripture. The biblical authors knew other literature existed; that is neither surprising nor damaging to the canon. Winger introduces the term 'tying knots' for this rhetorical move: presenting a jumbled, hard-to-untangle confusion rather than a clear argument, forcing the defender to spend disproportionate effort unwinding it. He argues this is a common atheist tactic — bold claims paired with doubt-casting rather than careful reasoning.