Moving Beyond "The Demon of the Gaps" in Christian Theology

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Readers of A Magical World will note my penchant for criticizing what I call the “demon of the gaps” argument. This term, of course, is a spin-off from the classic “God of the gaps” fallacy, sneeringly described by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion:

If you don’t understand how something works, never mind; just give up and say God did it. You don’t know how the nerve impulse works? Good! You don’t understand how memories are laid down in the brain? Excellent! Is phot...