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atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity
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RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity
(April 6, 2013 at 12:42 pm)jstrodel Wrote: the summer queen: http://www.google.com - argument from authority - do yourself a favor and stop looking like an idiot

First hit:
wikipedia Wrote:Argument from authority (argumentum ad verecundiam), also authoritative argument and appeal to authority, is an inductive-reasoning argument that often takes the form of a statistical syllogism. Although certain classes of argument from authority can constitute strong inductive arguments, the appeal to authority is often applied fallaciously: either the authority is not a subject-matter expert, or there is no consensus among experts in the subject matter, or both.

When you cited a chemist's rejection of evolution as evidence that evolution was false (at least I think that is what it was about) it was fallacious because the chemist was not a subject-matter expert.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
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atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by jstrodel - March 28, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 28, 2013 at 10:16 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 28, 2013 at 10:37 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 28, 2013 at 10:46 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 28, 2013 at 10:47 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 29, 2013 at 10:32 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 29, 2013 at 10:41 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 29, 2013 at 10:55 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Joel - March 29, 2013 at 10:57 pm
RE: atheism, philosophy and emotional immaturity - by Darkstar - April 6, 2013 at 1:49 pm

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