logical

If someone says, "I believe this is wrong because that's what I believe!", but offers no further reason or evidence for their belief, what do you call that? It's sort of like saying, "It's wrong because it's illegal."

What logical fallacy /debating technique pisses you off the most. I'm not going to make this a poll because I only have about ten options. For me it is the intentional strawman and/or intentional derail. I've been guilty of both strawman and derail in the past but never for the explicit...

An Atheist's Objections To Christianity/Theism--Scientific, Historical, Logical and Moral I. Scientific Objections to Christianity: A. Adam and Eve story. 1. How did God create a female (Eve) from the male DNA of Adam's rib? 2. How did Adam and Eve successfully mate and produce offspring...

Apart from Franko, are there, or have there ever been any other logical deists? Did he originate it or get it from somewhere?

Emotional atheists and logical atheists. It seems there are atheists who don't believe in God because He's illogical. I have shown in earlier threads why logic and reason are tools of Satan. He makes God seem illogical so you won't believe in Him. This is why Jesus said you have to have the...

I don't believe in a god, but I've been pondering this question. We aren't our arms, legs, eyes, etc, because we can lose those and still be considered "ourselves" and "alive." I hesitate to say that we're our brain, because a brain can exist and not be alive. Likewise, measurable brain...

Now, this is one of those older philosophic problems, and I think I've got a solution to it but I'm not entirely sure. First though I'd like to see what you all make of the problem. Now, clearly something has gone wrong here. But what? (Note: I know that the problem is that reasoning like...

Well, I thought it was funny... http://www.machall.com/?strip_id=189