Logical vs. Fallacious Thinking


Creationists and Scientists speak in different language not because one thinks of god and one doesn't, but because the METHOD of deducing reasonable conclusions is completely opposite. If you're a logical person, perhaps I'll manage to demonstrate where I think the difference is. If you're a creationist, take these differences into account before you try to convince any scientifically minded person, and encounter problems in your own logical deductions. Enjoy, ~moo


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Critical Thinking: Fallacies 1


In this lecture from his Fayetteville State University Critical Thinking class, Dr. Sadler discusses fallacies falling under the broad rubric of Appeal to Emotion. He also discusses the nature of emotions, the role emotional intelligence plays, and outlines the structure of fallacious arguments appealing to emotions.


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Re: Logical vs. Fallacious Thinking


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Fallacy B Gone Critical Thinking Spray Fake Ad Commercial Believers Beware - Contrary Conditioning


From the upcoming film in The Cause of Effect series: Believers Beware - Episode 1: Contrary Conditioning..


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Critical Thinking: Fallacies 4


In this lecture from his Fayetteville State University Critical Thinking class, Dr. Sadler discusses fallacious arguments that work by attacking opponents or their arguments: varieties of Ad Hominem, the Genetic Fallacy, and the Straw Man.


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Critical Thinking: Fallacies 5


In this lecture from his Fayetteville State University Critical Thinking class, Dr. Sadler discusses two additional fallacious arguments: False Dilemma and Slippery Slope. He treats both of them as valid but unsound arguments, ie arguments with a good structure but which contain at least one false premise, and gives a number of examples. He also discusses the Perfectionist Fallacy and the Line-Drawing Fallacy as sub-classes of False Dilemma.


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Critical Thinking: Fallacies 3


In this lecture from his Fayetteville State University Critical Thinking class, Dr. Sadler discusses two additional fallacious arguments: Two Wrongs Make a Right, and Red Herring. He provides examples for his students, and also discusses the variant of Red Herring termed Smoke Screen.


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Critical Thinking: Fallacies 6


In this lecture from his Fayetteville State University Critical Thinking class, Dr. Sadler discusses two additional fallacious arguments: Appeal to Ignorance and Begging the Question. He discusses the associated concept of the burden of proof and provides examples of appeals to ignorance and begging the question.


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Open-mindedness


A look at some of the flawed thinking that prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise others who don't to be more open-minded. music © QualiaSoup . A note on spelling: A number of people have commented that 'close-minded' should be spelt 'closeD-minded'. This is incorrect. It's one of those cases in English where what you might suspect to be the case, doesn't necessarily apply. See: www.macmillandictionary.com dictionary.reference.com www.thefreedictionary.com


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Disastrous Economic Fallacies - Terror as Stimulus?


Do natural disasters, earthquakes, or wars stimulate an economy and create growth? Did World War 2 get the US out of the Great Depression? Frederic Bastiat explained why such thinking is fallacious. More information on the Bastiat Legacy Project is available at www.AtlasNetwork.org/BastiatLegacy, and for more videos like this from Atlas view www.vimeo.com/atlasagi


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Recognizing Fallacies in Logic


An entertaining list of logical fallacies to look out for. Because the world could use a lot more logic. Cast: Nick Crawford. Crew: Nick Crawford. Directed by: Nick Crawford. A Crawford Creative Cinematics Production. Music by: SmartSound. Special Thanks to Hans and Nathaniel Bluedorn for their book, "Fallacy Detective". christianlogic.com cccinematics.com smartsound.com


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Why Pinkie Pie is Wrong: A Critical Analysis of Pinkie Pie's Perspective


Here's the link to the topic I mentioned: www.equestriaforums.com After further discussion on the forums, it seems that everyone is in agreement that part of the reason this episode received such mixed opinions from fans was because the writer of this episode is one of the poorest writers on staff and his experience doesn't quite match up to the others.


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Logically Fallacious: The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies


This book is a crash course, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the way you reason and make decisions. Expose an irrational belief, keep a man rational for a day. Expose irrational thinking, and keep a man rational for a lifetime.


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BiggsReport Response... PART 1


Sorry this came out to 2 parts... But I needed to clarify as much as possible. Special Thanks to Eimajuno for helping me with technical problems!!! View, Rate SUB! www.youtube.com Special Relativity EVIDENCE = Empirical PROOF. math.ucr.edu Biggs... You are spouting misinformation under the veil of presentation while using blatant fallacious thinking. I'm not perfect, I'm just as credible as you. BUT Evolutionary thought relies on empirical evidence. GOOD no matter what. Creationist thought is about lies, deceit and denial. BAD on principle and libertarian/free market assumption of perfect information. It's clear where I'm coming from... are you honestly advocating creationism? Do you think Nazis did what they did BECAUSE of Darwin's theory? Self deprecation is a better disguise for arrogance than fluffy rhetoric and professional 'appearance.' I call you out because you mislead the weak minded. Don't be so serious either... shit... it's YouTube not a Nobel Prize Convention. Response to: www.youtube.com


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Ex-Atheist Makes Case for Christ - Lee Strobel (1 of 2)


There's a new DVD out that could make a great Christmas gift this holiday season. It tells about one man's amazing journey from atheism to faith in Jesus Christ. Investigative journalist Lee Strobel conducted a two-year investigation of the Bible and the life of Jesus Christ. His goal was to disprove the claims of Christ. "I was a journalist, so there was really no problem with me picking up the phone and calling a scholar and saying, 'Hey, I'm Lee Strobel. I'm with The Chicago Tribune. I'd like some background information about the New Testament.' And so I would do that. And I thought it was going to be so easy to expose the fallacious thinking behind Christianity," Strobel said. Tags: God CASE FOR CHRIST Creator Faith real Jesus Holy Spirit Bible Christianity Lee Strobel Ex-Atheist atheist atheism


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Evolution and Logical Fallacies - Dr. Jason Lisle


On Friday, April 10th, 2009 RMCF (YoungEarth.org) welcomed Dr. Jason Lisle from Answers in Genesis (http . Jason has been a long time member of Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship and spoke there while he was pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Dr. Jason Lisle gives viewers a fast paced course on logic. In addition to reviewing numerous logical fallacies, Dr. Lisle gives examples of how evolutionists often use fallacious arguments in arguing for their position. Learning to recognize these fallacies provides a whole new opportunity for defending the Christian faith and arguing for the truth of creation. Please visit Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship's website at YoungEarth.Org for more videos from creationist speakers and scientists and info on upcoming speakers and events. See Dr. Lisle's Bio Here www.answersingenesis.org


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Why the Transcendental Argument is Fallacious


(for the people wondering about the JP Holding dialogue, I'm not sure to what extent I will further respond to Holding because making a point by point response to his last 20 minute response would turn into a 40 minute video at least. So Im still thinking about how exactly I will respond because I do want to keep it shorter since both of us basically have other things to focus on.) Examining the fallacious nature of the TAG argument. In the end every world view has the same basis for the laws of logic and the facts they refer to. If you want to see the entire "lecture" by Jason Lisle you can see it here: www.youtube.com But you better have a strong stomach, because I basically vomitted my balls all over my screen from the pseudo-intellectual garbage by this charlatan.


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Ex-Atheist Makes Case for Christ - Lee Strobel (2 of 2)


There's a new DVD out that could make a great Christmas gift this holiday season. It tells about one man's amazing journey from atheism to faith in Jesus Christ. Investigative journalist Lee Strobel conducted a two-year investigation of the Bible and the life of Jesus Christ. His goal was to disprove the claims of Christ. "I was a journalist, so there was really no problem with me picking up the phone and calling a scholar and saying, 'Hey, I'm Lee Strobel. I'm with The Chicago Tribune. I'd like some background information about the New Testament.' And so I would do that. And I thought it was going to be so easy to expose the fallacious thinking behind Christianity," Strobel said. Tags: God CASE FOR CHRIST Creator Faith real Jesus Holy Spirit Bible Christianity Lee Strobel Ex-Atheist atheist atheism


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Fallacies: Slippery Slope


www.criticalthinkeracademy.com This is a sample video from a video tutorial course titled "Fallacies", one of many videos on critical thinking that you can find at the link above. Part 1 Introduction 1.1 What is a fallacy? 1.2 Categorizing fallacies: pros and cons 1.3 The rules of rational argumentation Part 2: Some Important Content Fallacies 2.1 Ad hominem (abusive) 2.2 Ad hominem (guilt by association) 2.3 Appeal to hypocrisy (tu quoque)) 2.4 Appeal to popular belief (or practice) 2.5 Appeal to authority 2.6 False dilemma 2.7 Slippery slope Part 3: Fallacies that Violate the Rules of Rational Argumentation 3.1 Straw figure 3.2 Red herring 3.3 Begging the question (narrow sense) 3.4 Begging the question (broad sense)


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Fallacious Commercial?


Does this commercial commit any fallacies of language or fallacies of relevance?


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The New Atheism (by Norman Geisler)


Philosopher Dr. Norman Geisler dicusses the New Atheist movement and their fallacious thinking. People like Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), Christopher Hitchens (God is Not Great), Sam Harris (End of Faith), and Daniel Dennett (Breaking the Spell) come to mind in this movement. This video has been posted with the permission of Dr. Geisler. For more videos and information please visit normgeisler.net http


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Name that Fallacy: Partie Deux


With a very dubious and faux-sounding British accent, TheisticScuffles brings another startling transgression of the Laws of Logic to the fore. References: Brennan, Joseph Girard. A Handbook of Logic. (2nd Edition). New York: Harper & Row, 1961. Extra tags for searchability: Logical fallacy, fallacious, erroneous reasoning, error in thinking, Illogical reasoning or alogical reasoning, paralogism, error in logic, mistaken conclusion, non-sequitur.


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What The Bleep Do We Know - A short intermission


This video is a response to some criticisms I have received on Part 3 of the Critical Analysis videos I have been working on. The comments that I am responding here to are themselves present on the video itself, but I wanted to respond in video form.


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Buy "The Fallacy Detective!"


TV ads for "The Fallacy Detective." (www.christianlogic.com) Produced by he Austin family.


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Blunt Dismissive Assertions and Critical Thinking


A clarification of a recent criticim of a video by ZJemptv (ZinniaJones) www.youtube.com Intellectual Traits www.criticalthinking.org Re: Intellectual STANDARDs www.criticalthinking.org Blunt Assertions Blanket Statements Dismissive Over Simplifications I have had it suggested to me in the comments to my video by a D Eric Kesler that the blunt assertion exemplified by Zee Jay (ZJemtv) was in fact a rational statement. Further he say's it is not fallacious, arrogant, presumptuous or self-righteous. With regards to whether or not it is fallacious, he is correct. But notably he makes the straw-man here since I corrected myself in expressing this sentiment. As to the other adjectives I am not going to delve into definitions, but I do stand by them. The exact parallel of such behaviour at the beginning of this video serving to illustrate this point. I do want discuss what a blunt assertion is, like the one Zee Jay explains to us about some third party - 'stating SIMPLY that there aren't any gods'. Our commentator Mr Kesler would have it that this is a rational statement. To a degree I can sympathise with it as a partially rational conclusion. But in the context of a dialogue, merely to jump to your conclusions in a dismissive way is the epitome of arrogance. Again as shown demonstrably by in my introduction. May be it was our friend Mr Kesler who made this statement. The justification for this not being a 'rational statement', in my opinion, is because to be rational in <b>...</b>


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Greenpeace - Pop-Up Fallacies official launch video


This is the official launch video for Pop-up Fallacies - www.popupfallacies.com, a media dedicated to revealing the fallacies, or false arguments, in all sorts of corporate, government and other forms of media.


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An Argument Comprised of Logical Fallacies


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Conservative Christian Logic


Based on numerous discussions and debates with Conservative Christians.


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Russellian Science: "The Illusions of our Senses", Erik Johansson & his Impossible photography


Here are some Case examples for the "illusion of our Senses" as Walter Russell taught, which give mankind a false perception to the workings of our Universe. All "knowing" comes from stillness, "the sill magnetic light", which is immune to these sensory based observations. Erik's photography is a perfect lesson about how our senses can be deceived by the appearances of light. There are several more vids in the sidebar showing Erik's work of exploiting this limitation of our senses and the fallacious interpretations of our "thinking" when we conclude what we are seeing with them, "impossible photos", like Russell's train tracks meeting on the horizon analogy. We "know" these things are impossible, which is a higher level of awareness, than "thinking" with illusions as the "substance" for our thoughts. More of Erik's awesome work: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Originally posted at this link: www.youtube.com Mirrored by Robert Arnett Otey 3-6-12 Free Energy and Free Thinking www.feandft.com


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Why All Credibility of The Watchtower Society and Jehovah's Witnesses is Lost


"Basically, because your presentation is based upon false thinking, you lose all credibility." thescriptlab.com "It is a good idea to avoid fallacious arguments because you can lose all credibility once your poor reasoning is exposed." home.mcn.net "Misusing logical appeal in a persuasive setting can hurt the credibility of a claim or person." westernreservepublicmedia.org "While logical fallacies may be used intentionally in certain forms of persuasive writing (eg in political speeches aimed at misleading an audience), fallacies tend to undermine the credibility of objective scholarly writing." writingcenter.waldenu.edu acies..pdf "Consider the author's and publisher's credentials, timeliness, bias, tone, and logical fallacies." www.uncp.edu "Credible (credibility) means an argument is logically sound and well-supported with strong evidence and reasoning." pegasus.cc.ucf.edu "Building a 'straw man', 'begging the question' or hopping on the bandwagon are the more common logical fallacies that crop up in marketing efforts that can erode credibility in the long run." businessbloggertips.com "Logical flaws cause the audience to question (1) the truth or reasonableness of a conclusion and often (2) the credibility of the speaker or writer." mytutor.sfasu.edu "Avoid Logical Fallacies." owl.english.purdue.edu


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The Danger of Entitlements


Projected costs of government programs never hold true. There are dangers inherent in such fallacious thinking.


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Book Review: The Logical Thinking Process by William Dettmer


A review of William Dettmers latest book about the Thinking Process, a tool set for solving complex prolems. The Thinking Process is one of the Theory Of Constraints applications.


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Refuting Theist Arguments - Begging the Question


Refuting Theist Arguments -- Begging the Question One common argument used by many fundamentalist theists to try to prove the existence of their deity, or to try to prove that their holy book is the word of their deity, is a fallacy known as begging the question. Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises. For example, a Christian might say: "It says in the Bible that God exists. Since the Bible is God's word, and God never speaks falsely, then everything in the Bible must be true. So, God must exist." The problem with this argument is obvious to those of us who are familiar with basic principles of logic. The conclusion is that god exists, but to arrive at that conclusion the Christian already assumed that the bible is the word of god (ie assumed that god exists). Clearly this is a circular line of reasoning. Some reasons why many theists do not see the flaws in their reasoning are: -They have been indoctrinated into only believing their religion (ie they are blinded by their absolute conviction in their religion) -They are arguing from emotion and desire rather than an objective, logical position -They have been taught to believe in the word of their holy texts over logic, science, and reason (ie they have been brainwashed into thinking that logic cannot be trusted) To theists who try to prove the existence of their deity using their holy texts, or who try to prove that their holy texts are the word of their deity <b>...</b>


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Fallacy of intelligent design-circular reasoning.


Sorry for the hiatus-occupied as hell. Here's likely my last video on this stuff. Most "evidence" for ID commits a false dichotomy and/or argument from ignorance as it presents "negative evidence." This video shows why intelligent design is inherently circular reasoning whenever it tries to follow the scientific method or tries to find "positive evidence" for design, or claims to be doing "research" by studying "specified complexity" in living systems. By the end, hopefully, you'll see why it's illogical for ID to do "research" when looking for these "characteristics of intelligence", by concluding a non-life intelligence. Music-Room of Angel, from the Silent Hill 4-The Room soundtrack (it's a video game). Piano version and the one performed by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. *Disclaimer* Once again, this is not an attack on religion per se. It's a defence for science and logic. Oh, and please don't retort by claiming how "science commits circular reasoning too," then proceed to state how science claims "such and such", which is circular reasoning. Before you do that, look at the circular argument you're claiming that science makes. Now, try to find a reputed scientific source that actually makes that argument in question. You know, just to make sure people aren't bullshitting stuff and putting it in the mouth of science. And no, some dubious creationist website you likely read this off of is not a good enough source to be voicing what science is arguing. Until you do, please do <b>...</b>


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Happiness: The Fallacy


This is a poem that i wrote today. Im sorry if it sounds a bit rushed. i was trying to get it off without mistakes lol & the photobooth on my mac was acting gay & this seemed to be the only way i could get it to record. But yea. hope you guys like it *Actual poem (incase you can't hear me)* I see why they call it the pursuit of happiness... Because you'll never quite catch it. You'll fall prey to the fabrication of a dying nation grasping at an evaporating dream. Seems they gleam lie and promote things that are... fallacious in their means, not to help the individual but to keep us all happy with the residuals of what it means to be.. elated. We have been little more baited. Working for the man, working for the skirts. Everything is done with an ulterior motive to motivate others to give you joy you so rightfully deserve for free. We see these things seen on the tv screen & say "if only" but, "if only" does little more than leave you sad, lonely, & covetous of the splendor you forever seek. Now made meek by you hands scarred with perseverance, knowing not that which you chased in utterly impossible. You pass thinking that when you re-awake in another place that it is at least plausible. The thought is deniable, but unheard to the masses. "Keep them in a perpetual stupor" that what the world is programed to do for "you". Yes finally the individual, see "if we can keep them thinking its all green & serene humanity will work itself out, find its own way to smile" Thats <b>...</b>


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The Well to Hell / Scare Tactics Investigated


This video takes a critical look at the "Well to Hell" urban legend and goes on a rabbit trail about critical thought and appeals to emotion. Relevant links: The Atheist Experience: www.atheist-experience.com http www.youtube.com James Randi: www.randi.org http About Logical Fallacies: en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org


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Praxeology - Episode 16 - Economic Calculation


In this lesson, I continue my discussion on the nature of money and how it serves as a common dominator for calculation in a Capitalist society. Please remember to subscribe and add this channel feed to your RSS readers. New episodes will be posted weekly. Share the show's address! www.praxeology.tv Like me on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com Read my blog and find episode archives: www.praxgirl.com Donations I currently accept two forms of donations and really appreciate your help funding the show! Paypal (depending on size of donation, will be promptly converted to a sound money (Bitcoin, Silver or Gold): www.paypal.com My youtipit account for those new to Bitcoin: www.youtipit.org or My Bitcoin Address: 1EEGdU6trKh6tmZqV94Uo1rgkNJVKTeLZ2


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Flaws in critical thinking unit 2


Some of the flaws in AS Level Critical thinking unit 2 by Jaimini and Holly.


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The Lost Cosmonauts [26C3]


The Lost Cosmonauts Critical Thinking I'm going to talk about the benefits of applying critical thinking stories that we hear in the popular media, and the example I'll be focusing on is the story of the Lost Cosmonauts: Soviet Cosmonauts supposed to have died in space, but who were erased from history. We have audio recordings, allegedly from these dying Cosmonauts, and we'll apply critical thinking to learn what the real source was. An introductory talk describing phenomena and presenting of understanding of why they are fallacious and why it's so important that they be debunked. The speaker thinks he can bring some better color to the conference -- and some fun -- focusing on applied critical thinking. This is a popular talk that the speaker has given at the Center for Inquiry and at the Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas. Speaker: Brian Dunning EventID: 3710 Event: 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26C3) by the Chaos Computer Club [CCC] Location: Berlin Congress Center [bcc]; Alexanderstr. 11; 10178 Berlin; Germany Language: english Start: 29.12.2009 16:00:00 +01:00 License: CC-by-nc-sa


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Click Here After Watching "AnonymousFacts" Propaganda Video!


A fallacious ad hominem argument has the following basic form: Person "A" makes claim "X". There is something objectionable about Person "A". Therefore claim "X" is false. Ad hominem is one of the best known of the logical fallacies usually enumerated in introductory logic and critical thinking textbooks. Both the fallacy itself, and accusations of having committed it, are often brandished in actual discourse. As a technique of rhetoric, it is powerful and used often because of the natural inclination of the human brain to recognize patterns. In the context of the Church of Scientology and Anonymous, it sounds a lot like this: Anonymous makes the claim that the Church of Scientology is an abusive organization. The Church of Scientology states that Anonymous is a terrorist, a bigot, a hate criminal, and etc. Therefore Anonymous's claims are false. As you can tell, this does not make sense. Their attacks on our collective character in no way refutes the incarceration of Lisa McPherson. It does not refute claims of their harassment of critics such as Paulette Cooper, Tory Magoo, Arnie Lerma, Shawn Lonsdale, Wise Beard Man, Ex-Scientologists, and Freezoners. It does not refute FBI documents on Operation Snow White or Operation Freakout. It does not refute claims of slave labour within the Rehabilitation Project Force It does not refute the fact that David Miscavige is an asthmatic dwarf It does not refute the fact that Psychiatry is objective science and that Scientology is <b>...</b>


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William Lane Craig 2 - Craig Harder (Refuting WLC's Proofs For God, Part II)


I first encountered WLC in a debate with Antony Flew; I've taken my clips from the videos, which start with this one: www.youtube.com WLC is an odd one. Read his Wikipedia entry and you form the impression of some minor deity fallen to earth for the purposes of theological instruction. Then, upon seeing him speak, you realise two things: he's a more than usually convincing orator with a soothing voice (in fact his arguments tend to be presented practically identically in different circumstances), and his logic is as fallacious as that of any less loquacious Christboys. In fact he is, in at least some senses, totally batshit. His primary evidence for God is his own personal witness of the holy spirit, and even if proof arises against his belief (which to my thinking it already has) he doesn't think it matters. That is the mark of a profoundly broken mind. Bear in mind the proofs he's given are not what convinced him in the first place. In this second part, WLC offers his opinion that the universe must be fine-tuned for life by a designer (but clearly only the Christian designer) and I edit the holy shizbits out of his hand movements.


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