Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion?

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Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion?

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RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion?

October 21, 2015 at 6:55 pm

You are misapplying NTS. The fallacy applies either 1)when a proponent excludes one particular type from the kind to which it belongs on the basis of an accidental feature or 2) when an opponent expands the definition of the kind to include accidental features.

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Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Rhondazvous - October 20, 2015 at 3:18 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Chad32 - October 20, 2015 at 3:34 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by The Valkyrie - October 20, 2015 at 3:37 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Rhondazvous - October 20, 2015 at 7:30 pm

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RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by jenny1972 - October 20, 2015 at 4:57 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by abaris - October 20, 2015 at 6:10 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Jenny A - October 20, 2015 at 8:44 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by brewer - October 20, 2015 at 4:32 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Rhondazvous - October 22, 2015 at 1:59 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by vorlon13 - October 20, 2015 at 4:45 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Minimalist - October 20, 2015 at 4:54 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Excited Penguin - October 20, 2015 at 5:03 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Athene - October 20, 2015 at 5:13 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Clueless Morgan - October 20, 2015 at 5:26 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Rhondazvous - October 22, 2015 at 2:18 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Qwest - October 20, 2015 at 6:20 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by robvalue - October 20, 2015 at 7:11 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 20, 2015 at 8:46 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Silver - October 20, 2015 at 8:50 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 20, 2015 at 9:19 pm

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RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 21, 2015 at 9:47 am

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RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Excited Penguin - October 20, 2015 at 10:05 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Edwardo Piet - October 20, 2015 at 10:11 pm

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RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by abaris - October 21, 2015 at 5:34 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 21, 2015 at 6:55 pm

RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Anomalocaris - October 21, 2015 at 9:11 pm

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RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 21, 2015 at 10:18 pm

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