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coffee_addict
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04-28-2005 9:00 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by mike the wiz
04-28-2005 8:24 PM

My question is what's your point?
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05-01-2005 3:11 AM 		Reply to: Message 5 by mike the wiz
04-29-2005 5:38 PM

Re: Logic can be moot itself
the wiz writes:
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The bible says God is true, and God is true because the bible tells me so.
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It's a circular reasoning which is invalid.
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BUT WHAT IF the God of the bible is true???
Mike, the underlined sentence isn't even a circular argument, although it does commit another fallacy. Try to figure out which one.
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You really need to pay more attention to formal and informal logic in everyday statements. It might make you sound smarter like me
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10-21-2005 2:35 AM 		Reply to: Message 60 by mike the wiz
10-20-2005 2:59 PM

Re: Logic can be moot itself
I am god because I say so, because I am god because I say so.
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