i have just posted a new article on methods of false reasoning in the watchtower at http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/rhetorical-fallacy.htm.
this discusses rhetorical fallacy, methods such as red herrings, straw man arguments, generalisations etc.. i would welcome any comments or proof reading.
i would particularly like to know of any additional examples that i may have missed.. .
Jwfacts,
The SGU podcast, "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe"
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/
Reading your post reminded me of their enphasis on understanding logical fallicies:
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/logicalfallacies.asp
I recommend their podcast. After listening to them for months, I discovered one of the founders of the SGU,
Perry DeAngelis, was married to a JW.
Catbert
i have just posted a new article on methods of false reasoning in the watchtower at http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/rhetorical-fallacy.htm.
this discusses rhetorical fallacy, methods such as red herrings, straw man arguments, generalisations etc.. i would welcome any comments or proof reading.
i would particularly like to know of any additional examples that i may have missed.. .
JWfacts,
Are you a fan of the SGU?
they didn't arrive on time at the ark.. can't remember where i read it?.
Gaiagirl, You would not be able to see the stars and the moon threw a thick canopy of vapor. There are certainly descriptions of celestial bodies in the bible prior to the flood. That is another point to make with the water canopy believers.
or, less simply stated (asked, actually): did you get here by creation or evolution?
i mean you personally.
there are some lovely books on the subject, but i trust your gut feeling more than i do a certain book-publishing-empire-posing-as-a-religion-that-shall-remain-nameless-but-its-initials-are-xxx&xx and, of late, has been accused of scholastic dishonesty!
I evolved from Japheth, who was taller than Shem and Ham.
we all have dreams - some of us see those dreams to fruition.. my constant dream/desire is to have a little bit of land in the country somewhere, with a cow (bell around her neck and all), some chickens running around, a veggie patch, a herb patch.
a safe home.
friends popping in.. a very simple dream..
My dream is to live in a very modern clean city with a giant dome covering the city to block out bad radiation. We all wear the same space age clothes and refer to each other as "brother" and "sister". We all consume a drug that keeps us calm and alert. The sentries at the edges of the city keep out the "bad people" with laser rifles.
does not believing in god bring evil down to a simple explanation of the conflict that is within every human being.
seems to me the "force" is at work in the world, and the "force" is both good and evil.
sometimes it is easier for me to believe in the existence of satan than the existence of god.
These are sophisticated descriptions of mans attempt to control his emotions and instinct
through intelligence. Thats the balance. Having a sophisticated simulator in your head that lets you see
possible outcomes of your actions is uniquely human.
Apes do some level of simulation: I want to mate with that, but the last time I did, I got the shit kicked out of me.
Crocodiles and sharks run on pure instinct: Smell blood, attack.
why can they preach door to door ,but not inside the congregation?
I think women should be able to do whatever they want, as long as they cover their heads with
something, like a scarf or a kleenex.
is loneliness.
the feeling of wanting to share with another and .
there is no one to share with?.
Ninja,
Roberta Sparrow with a twist. Nice one.
as some know here - i was born in the witnesses .
raised in it and stayed in for 44 long years !
i don't believe in armageddon.
God promised not to use a global flood on us again, but if he did, that would be
cool because those of us with boats and rafts would inherit the earth.
>Ah! But who is qualified to say it is a delusion? *wink*
The gray alien that was doing genetic experiments on our ancestors, thats who.
