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To: Korah
I [...]said the fact that there is no evidence that anyone is born gay, proves my point that homosexuals are not born gay.

FRiend, it is a fallacy that the mere absence of evidence supporting any given assertion proves the counter-assertion.

Example of another illogical argument based on your same fallacious reasoning:

There is no evidence that Abraham Lincoln hated vanilla ice cream. Thus, Abraham Lincoln must have liked vanilla ice cream.

Wrong!

Regards,

20 posted on 07/07/2009 11:49:42 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: alexander_busek
Example of another illogical argument based on your same fallacious reasoning:

There is no evidence that Abraham Lincoln hated vanilla ice cream. Thus, Abraham Lincoln must have liked vanilla ice cream.

Wrong!
Regards,


Maybe it proves he just dislikes ice cream all together, not just one flavor.
24 posted on 07/07/2009 11:53:40 AM PDT by Korah
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