Ex-"New Atheist", Now Christian

[Simon Moon]

Although I might be proved wrong in the future, I hold the belief that there are certain areas that science cannot, and will never be able to, adequately explain; there will always be multiple interpretations of the available evidence. Accounting for the strange behaviour of subatomic particles (photons and electrons) at the quantum level, consciousness and love are three examples that spring to mind.

Even if the above is true, that is the point at which intellectually honest people will answer, "I don't know".

So you might ask: why invoke God to fill the gap? Because it is what makes the most sense to me; inference to the best explanation (abductive logic).

What makes the most sense to you is meaningless concerning the actual truth. At one time, it made the 'most sense' to most of humanity that: disease was caused by demon possession or curses, the earth was the center of the solar system and the galaxy, that there was a dome over the earth, etc, etc.

Filling in gaps with 'magic done it' has never gotten us closer to the truth.

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Indeed. I was simply stating that I do not consider my position to be an argument from ignorance/a God of the gaps explanation.

So you might ask: why invoke God to fill the gap?

You may not consider it an argument from ignorance, but that is exactly what it is.