And you want to school ME in logic?
Anecdotal Evidence fallacy.
Evangelicals are Christians. Yes/No? Composition/division error.
The simple fact? Oversimplification fallacy.
Logical Fallacy: Biased Sample
In some parts of Australia illiteracy is 99%
In other parts it's as low as 1%
(August 19, 2012 at 8:09 pm)padraic Wrote: Well, I was Catholic and we were actively discouraged from reading the Bible lest we became confused and misunderstood.(really) So naturally ,I read it from cover and immediately understood their concerns; confused the fuck out of me,especially Revelations.
Anecdotal Evidence fallacy.
(August 19, 2012 at 8:09 pm)padraic Wrote: ...Perhaps many Christians do not have the same legalist approach as say the evangelicals.
Evangelicals are Christians. Yes/No? Composition/division error.
(August 19, 2012 at 8:09 pm)padraic Wrote: ...The elephant in the room is the simple fact that millions of Christians (and others) are functionally illiterate.
The simple fact? Oversimplification fallacy.
(August 19, 2012 at 8:09 pm)padraic Wrote: ...That means they are unable to reed an editorial of an ordinary newspaper. In parts of urban Australia, the functional illiteracy rate is in excess of 25%.
Logical Fallacy: Biased Sample
In some parts of Australia illiteracy is 99%
In other parts it's as low as 1%