Contra Metaphysical Idealism

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In all three cases, adherents must resort to a philosophical cop-out: God is special-- he creates everything without having needed to be created. The Big Bang is special-- it started at a time when time didn't even exist, so talking about it being created is cheating. The ideas and concepts that underly our experiences are special-- they are the beginning of all ideas and the relationships between them, but are themselves not created by the thoughts of anybody.

As special pleading, the argument is a non sequitur and thus its conclusion isn't known to be true on this basis. That's why it's considered weak in all three cases, but of the three, science doesn't settle with resting on a non sequitur.