RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
April 9, 2016 at 6:36 pm
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2016 at 6:39 pm by Simon Moon.)
(April 9, 2016 at 6:19 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(April 9, 2016 at 3:49 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: The argument has several fallacies.That isn't truly a fallacy; but rather, more of a guide toward the best solution, like parsimony. For example, snowflakes are water. A snowman, made of snowflakes, is also water and as such snowflakes and snowmen share the same essential properties.
Fallacy of composition...
Sure it is:
A is part of B
A has property X
Therefore, B has property X
Hydrogen and oxygen are not wet.
Therefore water is not wet.
Your snowman example only works because of have chosen a particular property that they both have. Congratulations for creating a non fallacious example!
If you were to say, I can hold a snowflake on my tongue, therefore I can hold a snowman on my tongue, then it would be fallacious.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
