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Deliberate use of fallacy
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RE: Deliberate use of fallacy
(March 9, 2015 at 9:09 pm)Pizz-atheist Wrote:
(March 9, 2015 at 12:24 am)bennyboy Wrote: Like what?
Like appeals to gut feelings, and intuition.
Or how about "self-authenticating experience"? On the reasonablefaith.org message boards a few years back, I posted a challenge regarding evidence for God's existence, and I shit you not the first reply was:

"I, like WLC, believe based on my personal witnessing of the holy spirit. I previously believed that Zoroastrianism was true based on my personal witnessing of Ahura Mazda. As it turns out, one self authenticating internal experience can be more self authenticating than another."

(I stumbled upon it today when I decided to Google myself--- http://www.reasonablefaith.org/forums/pr...1269317531 ---oh, the memories. Good times).

Now that I reread it, it's entirely possible that guy was joking. But it's sort of sad that with believers it's impossible to tell.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 8:34 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Dystopia - March 7, 2015 at 8:41 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Ignorant - March 8, 2015 at 6:46 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Grandizer - March 8, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 7, 2015 at 8:44 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 8:48 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 8:59 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 9:01 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Dystopia - March 7, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 7, 2015 at 9:02 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 7, 2015 at 9:19 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 7, 2015 at 9:24 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2015 at 12:01 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by CapnAwesome - March 7, 2015 at 10:52 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 11:49 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by CapnAwesome - March 8, 2015 at 11:54 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 8, 2015 at 9:50 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 8, 2015 at 5:35 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 5:49 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 8, 2015 at 5:53 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by abaris - March 8, 2015 at 7:03 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 7:32 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by abaris - March 8, 2015 at 7:36 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 8, 2015 at 9:52 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 9, 2015 at 12:14 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 9, 2015 at 12:24 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 9, 2015 at 9:09 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Mudhammam - March 10, 2015 at 8:08 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Mudhammam - March 9, 2015 at 7:31 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 9, 2015 at 7:39 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 9, 2015 at 6:37 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 10, 2015 at 6:01 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 10, 2015 at 3:21 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by emjay - April 7, 2015 at 11:11 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by The Grand Nudger - April 7, 2015 at 11:14 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by emjay - April 7, 2015 at 11:25 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Polaris - April 9, 2015 at 7:08 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Iroscato - April 9, 2015 at 7:15 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Polaris - April 9, 2015 at 7:24 pm

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