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"I don't personally understand it, therefore God did it" (Argument from Ignorance, or God of the Gaps fallacy)
I hear this with regard to evolution, chemistry, bacteria, weather. They don't know how something works, that's proof enough for them. Eventually they say "then how was the universe created? There had to have been a creator!" (First cause argument) Or "The eye is so complicated, it had to be designed" (Watchmaker Fallacy)
I used to listen to The Atheist Experience podcast, but it got repetitive hearing the same arguments from religious people, over and over. I also didn't like how mean the hosts could get sometimes, but I understand their frustration..
Matt used to he a firebrand on the Atheist Experience. He's moved on to The Line show and continues with call-ins.
His "meanness" has been refined and aimed strictly at bad faith actors who call in. People who are honest and straightforward don't get yelled at.