[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Platt had said]
The rabbit comes out of the hat. Well, golly gee-whiz. It's magic!

[Arlo replied]
Positing that God put the rabbit in the hat is just as magical, Platt.

[Arlo now adds]
Actually, I take that back. What you propose is _more_ magical. And it makes the
perfect analogy.

The trick is an illusion. "Emergence" sees it as an illusion and seeks to find
the natural processes that give rise to the perceived illusion. Your way says
the illusion truly is supernatural and is the result of a supernatural "God".