The Watchmaker: my fav argument

[John 6IX Breezy]

Using a naturalistic model of the universe, I can make accurate predictions about it's behavior and up to a certain point, it's origin.

Two comments on this:

1. The model you use limits what you see or don't see. To the behavioral geneticist, everything people do can be explained from the perspective of genes. But to the social psychologist all of behavior can be explained from the perspective of culture and learning. (The boundaries overlap less these days.) The point is this: observation is theory-laden—and what you see is influenced by the pair of glasses you wear.

2. I consider myself a naturalist, just not an atheist. Biology, physics, psychology, none of the sciences go away under theism. The universe is still what is it, and functions how it does, whether there's a God in it or not. (Perhaps this only works with Christianity: where God creates but doesn't pull the Sun like Apollo.)