> Do you assume there is no God when you read Scripture or test possible hypotheses?

Anytime I've been in a position too test possible hypotheses, I've never assumed there isn't a God and I've never assumed there is either. If any god wanted to reveal himself he would know exactly how to do so to make me believe, and yet here I stand, an atheist.

> Do you include the claims of Christian theism as possible explanations of phenomena?

No. While not excluded completely, once eliminated, there's little reason to continue entertaining ideas that do not meet the standards of evidence.

> In one note, you both claimed lack of bias, and argued for bias against Christian theism. You cannot have it both ways.

I don't think so, perhaps you're misunderstanding what I wrote.