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[[File:Logic.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Don't confuse the issue with facts!]] | [[File:Logic.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Don't confuse the issue with facts!]] | ||
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The rules of logic are like the rules of mathematics or physics. One plus one equals two, and a lie cannot be part of the truth. These rules follow a rational structure because God designed the universe to have a rational structure. | The rules of logic are like the rules of mathematics or physics. One plus one equals two, and a lie cannot be part of the truth. These rules follow a rational structure because God designed the universe to have a rational structure. | ||
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::“''There, you see all of these contradictions in the Bible. I can’t explain them, can you? So are going to throw your Bible away? If you’re going to leave the message over something like that, just go ahead and throw your Bible away''.” | ::“''There, you see all of these contradictions in the Bible. I can’t explain them, can you? So are going to throw your Bible away? If you’re going to leave the message over something like that, just go ahead and throw your Bible away''.” | ||
This is a manipulative favorite when speaking to bible believing Christians. The pastor knows they believe the Bible and aren’t going to throw it away, therefore many will make a decision that they are also, not going to leave the message, for no reason at all! The contradictions in the Bible can and have been logically explained, while many questions about the message cannot. | This is a manipulative favorite when speaking to bible believing Christians. The pastor knows they believe the Bible and aren’t going to throw it away, therefore many will make a decision that they are also, not going to leave the message, for no reason at all! The apparent contradictions in the Bible can and have been logically explained, while many questions about the message cannot. | ||
=Reductio ad absurdum= | =Reductio ad absurdum= | ||
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::“''These people attacking the message would have you believe that you should go back to the harlot… back to the denominational slop you come out of''.” | ::“''These people attacking the message would have you believe that you should go back to the harlot… back to the denominational slop you come out of''.” | ||
This is not the position of any message critic that I am aware of. The | This is not the position of any message critic that I am aware of. The truth is simply that people in the message are following a false prophet and therefore are in a false system. Where they go when they leave is a matter of prayerful consideration, and is inherently individual. By the way, equating all churches with harlots and slop for the simple fact that they belong to a denomination is also fallacious, in case common sense didn’t kick in there automatically, as it should. | ||
=Slippery Slope= | =Slippery Slope= | ||
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While there can be truth in a lie, there can be no lie in the truth. | While there can be truth in a lie, there can be no lie in the truth. | ||
=The Red Herring= | =The Red Herring= | ||
[[Failed Prophecies|Click here to see our video on this logical fallacy.]] | [[Failed Prophecies|Click here to see our video on this logical fallacy.]] | ||