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AF Hall of Fallacies
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies
(January 4, 2017 at 2:03 am)robvalue Wrote: There is a name for this kind of technique, where you bombard someone with so much crap that they can't respond to it all and end up overwhelmed: "Gish gallop". The person's confusion and inability to address it all is taken as victory.

It's often employed by scummy money making apologists like Ray Comfort.

I heard about that, except it wouldn't revolve around questions, just basically unwarranted assumptions. Basically like someone who was invited to a party inviting a bunch of their friends who weren't invited and aren't welcome but they barge in anyway. I guess it's too similar to other fallacies to have its own name, but I feel like it should be under a specific label even if I can't put my finger on it.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?

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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 22, 2013 at 7:57 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by festive1 - May 22, 2013 at 8:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 22, 2013 at 8:28 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tonus - May 22, 2013 at 9:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 22, 2013 at 9:42 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 22, 2013 at 10:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 2:34 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Darth - May 22, 2013 at 11:32 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 22, 2013 at 11:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 23, 2013 at 2:22 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 23, 2013 at 2:26 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 23, 2013 at 3:50 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 23, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - May 26, 2013 at 9:51 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 26, 2013 at 10:06 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - May 26, 2013 at 10:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 26, 2013 at 11:47 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - May 27, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 28, 2013 at 2:09 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Whateverist - May 28, 2013 at 3:59 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - June 1, 2013 at 5:35 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by shep - February 23, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by H.sapiens - March 26, 2016 at 4:49 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Athene - March 26, 2016 at 5:17 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 3:10 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by One Above All - May 23, 2013 at 4:01 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 4:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by One Above All - May 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 4:34 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 23, 2013 at 5:51 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 23, 2013 at 6:07 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 7:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 23, 2013 at 7:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 23, 2013 at 7:23 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by One Above All - May 23, 2013 at 4:50 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 23, 2013 at 7:08 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Neo-Scholastic - May 23, 2013 at 7:50 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by catfish - May 23, 2013 at 9:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - May 24, 2013 at 10:43 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Mister Agenda - May 24, 2013 at 12:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 24, 2013 at 1:41 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tiberius - May 24, 2013 at 3:11 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Angrboda - May 24, 2013 at 3:16 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 24, 2013 at 9:51 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 28, 2013 at 2:01 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 24, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - May 24, 2013 at 6:35 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Grand Nudger - May 24, 2013 at 6:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by fr0d0 - May 24, 2013 at 7:23 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Grand Nudger - May 24, 2013 at 7:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 24, 2013 at 9:48 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 24, 2013 at 11:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by KichigaiNeko - May 24, 2013 at 11:56 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Angrboda - May 25, 2013 at 8:37 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 25, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 25, 2013 at 10:54 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 26, 2013 at 5:44 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 28, 2013 at 3:53 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 29, 2013 at 11:14 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Gilgamesh - May 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Jackalope - May 26, 2013 at 8:21 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 26, 2013 at 8:24 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - May 26, 2013 at 9:29 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by ideologue08 - May 26, 2013 at 9:34 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Minimalist - May 28, 2013 at 2:05 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Mister Agenda - May 28, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - May 28, 2013 at 5:18 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Mister Agenda - June 3, 2013 at 5:00 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - June 5, 2013 at 6:45 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Violet - May 30, 2013 at 4:41 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rayaan - June 3, 2013 at 2:41 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tiberius - June 1, 2013 at 8:13 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - June 3, 2013 at 4:52 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Faith No More - June 1, 2013 at 8:18 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tkcjpii - October 27, 2013 at 8:56 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Faith No More - October 27, 2013 at 9:01 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Doubting Thomas - October 28, 2013 at 9:00 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Reality Salesman - October 28, 2013 at 9:17 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by downbeatplumb - October 28, 2013 at 2:44 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by bennyboy - October 28, 2013 at 8:49 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by EgoRaptor - February 23, 2014 at 9:33 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Angrboda - February 23, 2014 at 9:59 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Statler Waldorf - February 25, 2014 at 4:09 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Rhondazvous - April 17, 2015 at 2:32 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by vorlon13 - April 17, 2015 at 2:54 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by LastPoet - April 17, 2015 at 3:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by CapnAwesome - April 19, 2015 at 11:00 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Edwardo Piet - May 4, 2015 at 2:46 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by LastPoet - March 26, 2016 at 5:20 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Soldat Du Christ - October 23, 2016 at 1:58 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Tonus - December 9, 2016 at 1:43 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by downbeatplumb - December 9, 2016 at 1:53 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2016 at 3:21 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 12:01 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 12:43 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Thumpalumpacus - January 4, 2017 at 12:48 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 12:49 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 1:38 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 2:03 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 2:06 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 2:08 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 2:13 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Thumpalumpacus - January 4, 2017 at 8:46 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 2:18 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Astonished - January 4, 2017 at 2:35 am
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2017 at 6:43 pm
RE: AF Hall of Fallacies - by The Grand Nudger - January 12, 2017 at 5:44 pm

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