 | Refuting Theist Arguments - Begging the Question Refuting Theist Arguments -- Begging the Question One common argument used by many fundamentalist theists to try to prove the existence of their deity, or to try to prove that their holy book is the word of their deity, is a fallacy known as begging the question. Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises. For example, a Christian might say: "It says in the Bible that God exists. Since the Bible is God's word, and God never speaks falsely, then everything in the Bible must be true. So, God must exist." The problem with this argument is obvious to those of us who are familiar with basic principles of logic. The conclusion is that god exists, but to arrive at that conclusion the Christian already assumed that the bible is the word of god (i.e. assumed that god exists). Clearly this is a circular line of reasoning. Some reasons why many theists do not see the flaws in their reasoning are: -They have been indoctrinated into only believing their religion (i.e. they are blinded by their absolute conviction in their religion) -They are arguing from emotion and desire rather than an objective, logical position -They have been taught to believe in the word of their holy texts over logic, science, and reason (i.e. they have been brainwashed into thinking that logic cannot be trusted) To theists who try to prove the existence of their deity using their holy texts, or who try to prove that their holy texts are the word of their deity because the texts say so, now you know why your logic is fallacious and circular. |
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 | Rocketboom on Fallacies Evolution vs. peanut butter, Evolution vs. bananas, Laraque vs Ivanans, Bush vs. all people, Bush standing vs Bush standing, Don Imus vs. black people, Geraldo vs. Oreilly, mother vs. son, Rumsfield vs. evidence, Newt vs. all spanish people, list of logical fallacies from The Art of Reason, post hoc, appeal to majority, appeal to force, appeal to authority, appeal to emotion, begging the question, diversion, non sequiter, subjectivism, straw man, false alternative, ad hominem, tu quoque, poisoning the well, appeal to ignorance, complex question |
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 | Re: Begging the Question? The "question" in begging the question is indeed a question. Anything that isn't proven true can be a "question" according to this fallacy. Therefore: You can't use "common ancestry" *at all* in an explanation for how the fusion is evidence for common ancestry. I really hope that makes sense. |
 | Petitio Principii: a textbook definition Circular reasoning or begging the question is an informal logical fallacy known as Petitio Principii. Here is a definition taken from the pages of a standard textbook on the subject. |
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 | 500th Video - Logical Fallacies For more logical fallacies: http://www.logicalfallacies.info/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm |
 | Logical Fallacies: Part 1 Watch for these Logical Fallacies: 1. Ad hominem - Attacking the individual instead of the argument. 2. Appeal to force - The hearer is told that something bad will happen to him if he does not accept the argument. 3. Appeal to pity - The hearer is urged to accept the argument based upon anappeal to emotions, sympathy, etc. 4. Appeal to the popular - the hearer is urged to accept a position because a majority of people hold to it. 5. Appeal to tradition - trying to get someone to accept something because it has been done or believed 6. Begging the Question - Assuming the thing to be true that you are trying to prove. It is circular. 7. Circular Argument - see Begging the Question Division - assuming that what is true of the whole is true for the parts. 8. Equivocation - The same term is used in an argument in different places but the word has different meanings. 9. False Dilemma - Two choices are given when in actuality there could be more choices possible. (In our example of Biblical Inspiration, the answer is that the originals have the inspiration and the copies are virtually inspired. That is to say, the copies are inspired inasmuch as they correctly reproduce the original.) 10. Guilt by Association - Rejecting an argument or claim because the person proposing it likes someone is disliked by another. 11. Non Sequitur - Comments or information that do not logically follow from a premise or the conclusion. 12. Poisoning the well - Presenting negative information about a person before he/she speaks so as to discredit the person's argument. 13. Red Herring - The introduction of a topic not related to the subject at hand. 14. Special Pleading (double standard) - Applying a different standard to another that is applied to oneself. 15. Straw Man Argument - Producing an argument to attack that is a weaker representation of the truth. 16. Category Mistake - Attributing a property to something that could not possibly have that property. If you are discussing the topic of God with someone at least be sure that they and yourself are discussion properly. Music Angels and Airwaves "Heaven" Photos curtsey of www.google.com Content Matt Slick www.carm.org |
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