evolution of the gaps

(rare, creationism) Evolution, when used as an explanation for anything that is yet unexplained by science.
- 2009, Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God, Zondervan, →ISBN:
  Well, this is 'evolution-of-the-gaps.' Some scientists merely insert evolution when they don't understand something. “Look —we may not understand everything about these biological systems, but we do know some things.”
- 2010, Michael L. Peterson, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, Oxford University Press, USA:
  It is therefore clear how an evolution-of-the-gaps could be just as metaphysically motivated for an incautious atheist as a God-of-the-gaps could be for an incautious theist.

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