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To: ealgeone

Logical fallacy of Reductio ad absurdum. Thank you the Mea Scripturaista have not posted one of these in a while. I am glad to see that you all can still nail it so well.


842 posted on 04/14/2015 9:47:39 AM PDT by verga (I might as well be playing chess with pigeons,.)
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To: verga
Logical fallacy of Reductio ad absurdum.

I think it's more of a lack of comprehension due to years and years of indoctrination.

Again, just change the name and insert _____ and you should get the meaning.

845 posted on 04/14/2015 10:06:25 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: verga; ealgeone

Not to pick at nits, and not entering into the actual meat of your discussion here, but Reductio ad absurdum is actually a valid form of argument:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum

The idea is that by switching contexts one can show, for example a double standard. Imagine, for example, the press playing softball with a Republican Secretary of State wiping their outside-the-system server of all email records. It wouldn’t happen. The absurdity demonstrates the bias of the media. So it is not a fallacy per se. Just sayin ..

Peace,

SR


854 posted on 04/14/2015 10:52:51 AM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: verga; EagleOne; CynicalBear; metmom
Mea Scripturaista

Is this the newest pejorative being used against fellow Christians who believe the Bible is the primary authority for the rule of the Christian faith or is it your own "witty" creation?

898 posted on 04/14/2015 8:18:23 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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