Value Faith Blame-Shifting Logic: The Deception of the Appeal to Hypocrisy Fallacy
Take a minute to remember an argument in the past or a debate where one person calls out another person’s…
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Refuse Pride But Be Audacious
Audacity is NOT the same thing as pride. The proud man ascribes praise to himself. His lofty words are to…
The Emotional Manipulation of Logic: How The Appeal to Pity Fallacy Works
I can bet that we have all been there, listening to someone explain their mistake or justify a belief, and…
Smoke Screens and Distractions: The Red Herring in Arguments
In the world of reasoning and debate, not every distraction is accidental. Some are carefully crafted to divert attention away…
The Growth Of The Believer Should Not Be Built On Pretense
That the holy scriptures did not attempt to hide/cover up the occasional misdeeds of the patriarchs is in itself doctrine…
When Conclusions Become Premises: The Self-Defeating Logic of Circular Arguments
I am sure you have encountered it before, an argument that sounds confident, assertive, and even logical on the surface.…
Sliding into Speculation: The Danger of The Slippery Slope Fallacy
You know, in logic, few fallacies are as emotionally persuasive and as subtly deceptive as the slippery slope fallacy. It…
The Absence of Evidence is Not The Evidence of Absence: The Ignorance Fallacy
For many people there is a certain comfort in claiming, “Well, you can not prove me wrong.” It sounds safe,…
The Crowd is NOT Always Right: The Deceptive Effect of The Bandwagon Fallacy
I am sure that you know that we live in an age where popularity often gets mistaken for truth. The…
The Strawman Fallacy: How We Misrepresent Others (and Let Others Misrepresent Us)
Obviously I am sure we can agree that we live in an age of endless arguments, both online and offline.…