From a reader:

Jonah,
I agree with your point re evolution, provided one is operating completely in a rational, objective, and logical framework. For those who believe in God’s handiwork in Creation, however, the background assumptions are different. Consequently, their goals in knocking holes in evolutionary theory are different. Creationists assume that God fills in gaps. Evolutionary theorists (at least the ones that Creationists dislike) attempt to fill in every gap with objective scientific rationalist…stuff. Thus, Creationists want to show evolutionists that (1) there are significant holes; and (2) God’s handiwork fills in those gaps. Obviously, in a perfectly transparent world, Creationists could show the rational and objective nature of God’s involvement. Since a “God wuz here” stamp is not easily found on rock formations, however, they (we) must rely on faith and are quite comfortable doing so. I hope I haven’t imputed any arguments to or against you. For what it’s worth.
(yes, withhold my name, please – I like my job and would like to keep it)

Me: Okay, I think this is all fair. But here’s my point: faith and science are simply different, as Derb has noted. I think people who call for God-in-the-gaps make a mistake rhetorically — though almost surely not in their hearts. God is in the gaps, sure. But he’s also in everything else. He’s in the space between stars and atoms but he’s also in the stars and atoms. He is the Prime Mover. The alpha and omega. By saying that God is only where science isn’t seems — again rhetorically — to be a massive surrender of the jurisdiction of the Almighty. If God’s powerful enough to create the entire universe he’s surely capable of doing it without leaving clues unless he wants to. I believe in God, but I have a hard time believing he burried those clues in the few areas where science remains ignorant. Those clues are hiding in plain sight for those who want to see them. Saying that science will ultimately prove the existence of God almost seems blasphemous to me because it suggests that God was hiding from human investigators for all this time but humans finally got smart enough to see his fingerprints. It’s all fingerprints!

I really don’t mean any disrespect to anybody in all of this, I just think there is a huge category error going on here. I also don’t pretend to be speaking for Derb or anybody else.