Gálvez School of Thought for Christian Apologetics Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies *Some examples demonstrated in encounter with Atheists Appeal to authority - Claiming that despite being unable to offer rebuttal to the argument, there must exist a qualified person somewhere who, it is assumed, would have an answer. OR quoting someones opinion outside of their field and citing it as evidence due entirely to an assumed qualification (i.e. philosophical quote by Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist) Quote Mining - Herein, the backbone of every bible critic, taking verses or words out of Biblical context & drawing a false conclusion with inadequate information. Circular Argument - Claiming that empirical evidence (materialism) ultimately invalidates all metaphysical truths (idealism). When in reality, our perception of the empirical universe is based on philosophy that which we consider empirical is therefore faith-based and invalidated by the findings of Quantum Mechanics, always unbeknownst to the Atheist. Straw Man Argument - Common, but painfully ridiculous attacks equating God (as revealed in scripture) to popular fairy tales, Pantheistic gods, an old man in the sky, or the fallacious claim that Christians are emotionally dependent on and symptomatically seeking the notion of a mystical Parent figure. Ad populum - Emotional appeal to a naturalist concept of morality without God or contrary to the morality of God. This comes to dismissal upon investigation into the source of this asserted Objective Morality, revealing the subjective nature of morals in the Naturalist paradigm that simply would not exist in an substantial form. Ad hominem - Without fail, the deficiency of Atheist logic leading to an attack on personal character, thus attempting to justify the dismissal of any counter arguments or position.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:53:54 +0000
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