RE: The Bible-Boooooring
March 28, 2013 at 1:17 am
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2013 at 1:20 am by jstrodel.)
No, an ad hominem attack is an irrelevant statement made to discredit people. This is different from criticizing individuals or movements which is fair game. They are not ad hominem, and I have provided evidence.
To attack someones mental state is a fallacy (unless you have good evidence they suffer from psychiatric problems), it is irrelevant information that is unknown and presupposed and it is a dirty trick and is deceptive, because I don't have the problems you mention. You are lying and attempting to discredit my testimony.
If someone says someone else has psychiatric problems, and they have no evidence for it, that is ad hominem. It is arguing against the person, and it is a very special case of ad hominem which is especially fallacious and dirty because it attacks people credibility through attacking their health and cognitive functioning. It is a very evil thing to do, similar in some ways to arguing that someone is incapable of making a decision because they are black and are biologically incapable, so their beliefs can be swept aside without considering their ideas.
To attack someones mental state is a fallacy (unless you have good evidence they suffer from psychiatric problems), it is irrelevant information that is unknown and presupposed and it is a dirty trick and is deceptive, because I don't have the problems you mention. You are lying and attempting to discredit my testimony.
If someone says someone else has psychiatric problems, and they have no evidence for it, that is ad hominem. It is arguing against the person, and it is a very special case of ad hominem which is especially fallacious and dirty because it attacks people credibility through attacking their health and cognitive functioning. It is a very evil thing to do, similar in some ways to arguing that someone is incapable of making a decision because they are black and are biologically incapable, so their beliefs can be swept aside without considering their ideas.
