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To: Blogger
Riddle me this ...

First put it in the form of a valid argument:

(1) There is only one God
(2) Mary was impregnated by God
(3) Mary's Son was God

Therefore

(4) Mary committed incest.

The problem with this argument is that it is not a *valid* argument (where 'valid' means that if the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true). But the argument I presented in #1926 is valid.

-A8

1,945 posted on 12/18/2006 1:26:20 PM PST by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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To: adiaireton8

Your argument isn't valid because it assumes (falsely) that Mary Mother of God is the only valid conclusion. It is a false dilemma.


1,949 posted on 12/18/2006 1:36:51 PM PST by Blogger
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