Speaking of Accommodationism and New Atheism and stuff, check out this 10 year old discussion:
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Meh. I did not like all that much what Dr. Scott said then. There was too much accommodation in her talk.
Assumptions are taken on faith?
No. We make assumptions knowingly, and we can always go back to reexamine them.
Remember this old one? "Assume a spherical cow." That's not faith. That's an assumption.