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To: daniel1212

Good point. Special pleading is a fallacy. As I noted elsewhere, it can be used to shift the burden of proof from trying to prove a positive assertion to making the other guy try to prove a negative, which is notoriously difficult and mostly a waste of time. Prove that there isn’t a tooth fairy. Huh? Because sometimes, you know, that quarter under the pillow is unexplained (cue the spooky music). Special pleading against Scripture is a blank check to fill in with any doctrine you like. What could possibly go wrong?

Peace,

SR


4,398 posted on 12/31/2014 11:57:10 AM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: Springfield Reformer

Special pleading is a fallacy.

Is it time; again; for the List?

4,429 posted on 12/31/2014 3:18:33 PM PST by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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