Logical Fallacies of Creationists and How to Spot Them


	Logical Fallacies of Creationists and How to Spot Them

Silkweaver

7-5-2008 6:55 PM

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critical thinking, reasoning

Silkweaver says:

THE ACHILLES' HEAL FALLACY
They carbon-dated a snail and it turned out to be 25,000 years old! Carbon dating is totally unreliable!

THE AD HOMINEM ATTACK
You have been blinded by Satan, and you are a creature of the devil. Neither you nor what you say can be trusted. You will rot in Hell for your ways

THE RED HERRING
Evolution is impossible because the Big Bang is a totally unacceptable theory because it defies the word of our loving Creator, He who sent His only Son, our Lord to...

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7-5-2008 6:57 PM

Silkweaver

Go to the web site for more detailed explanations.

7-8-2008 6:09 AM

funquiz

From comedian Bill Hicks some years ago, (deceased and maybe now regretting the joke

"the Prankster God" who planted loads of dinosaur fossils in order to test our faith!

7-11-2008 5:48 AM

jcmmanuel

Agree. But it's also important to spot all the logical fallacies of people who start from an utopian view on science (e.g. science has anything to say about the metaphysical) and put their 'logic' on top of that.

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