True and False Cases Of The God Of The Gaps Fallacy

Perhaps the most common response from atheists when it comes to arguments for the existence of God is “This is a God Of The Gaps argument!” The God of The Gaps fallacy occurs when we are faced with some phenomenon that scientists haven’t yet been able to explain in natural terms, so we just plug “God did it” into the gap in our knowledge. For example, hundreds of years ago, we didn’t know how lightning worked, so people in Norway said ...