Not all atheists are aware how much they hijack from Christianity. The most common pattern is to claim that atheism is based strictly on facts and science. Yet even a commitment to science can function as an idol, an ultimate commitment. When science is treated as the sole source of truth, then it becomes scientism. Philosopher Wilfrid Sellars expressed a commitment to scientism when he said, “Science is the measure of all things.” Bertrand Russell tipped his hand in his remark, “What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.”
