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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Actually, it's very apt, since your original question was a crude attempt to claim that either one believes in Christianity, or one believes in freedom,with the implied assumption that the two were necessarily mutually exclusive- which makes your question a false dichotomy, since you present only two options, and further present them in a falsely opposite way.

Lets see?

My question to you Metmom, and anyone else who might be interested, is what is your priority on Free Republic, freedom or your other beliefs?

'Other beliefs' is not 'either or' there are almost limitless options. I didn't single out Christianity or any other belief. You apparently read something into what I said that I didn't say. My mother would call that a guilty conscience, my father would call it a Freudian slip, I am not that charitable : )

Have any other logical fallacies that you'd like to improperly apply?

You stated that I set up an 'either or' situation which I did not. Maybe you should try and understand the meaning behind bearing false witness?

704 posted on 01/29/2009 6:46:55 PM PST by LeGrande (I once heard a smart man say that you canÂ’t reason someone out of something that they didnÂ’t reaso)
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To: LeGrande
My question to you Metmom, and anyone else who might be interested, is what is your priority on Free Republic, freedom or your other beliefs?

'Other beliefs' is not 'either or' there are almost limitless options. I didn't single out Christianity or any other belief. You apparently read something into what I said that I didn't say. My mother would call that a guilty conscience, my father would call it a Freudian slip, I am not that charitable : )

I would call it "you're apparently unaware of what your own words meant"

The fact that you used the term "other beliefs" is irrelevant. Your question plainly asked what our priority is: Freedom OR our "other beliefs". That's an either-or dichotomy there. Either we prioritise freedom, or we prioritise our "other beliefs", which in the context of the discussion can be quite reasonably construed as referring to "religious beliefs, specifically Christianity". The implication is that the two cannot be prioritised in tandem, which is false.

You stated that I set up an 'either or' situation which I did not. Maybe you should try and understand the meaning behind bearing false witness?

More likely you just need to pay closer attention to what you write. If you didn't intend to set up a false dichotomy, then you should probably have proofread your post.

715 posted on 01/29/2009 7:10:33 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Nihil utile nisi quod honestum - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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