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This meme again (The apologist meme about “nothing and then nothing exploded”)
I wasn’t going to write anything today, but recently a family member shared this old chestnut of an anti-atheist meme, and even though I have written about this subject before, it might be worth tackling it again from a different … Continue reading
Posted in Skepticism
Tagged atheism, cosmological argument, logical fallacies, refuting apologist memes, special pleading, straw man
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Why logical fallacies interest me
A while ago I wrote about circular reasoning. Today I read another example of it, which better illustrates the other name for this fallacy: begging the question: (Oops. Forgot to blur the twat’s name. Hopefully she won’t be in that … Continue reading
Posted in Skepticism
Tagged argument from morality, atheism, begging the question, circular reasoning, logical fallacies, straw man
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An interesting example of someone fishing for answers they want to hear (Confirmation Bias)
Recently I was confounded by this share… (Note that there were a lot of replies. I’ve included only some of them; my own require less name and picture blurring.) Context… once again this is an “atheist versus theist” debate group. … Continue reading
Posted in Skepticism
Tagged atheism, confirmation bias, critical thinking, debate, straw man, theism
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