2012-02-20, 01:38 PM
MasPan Wrote:First, I'd like to see the proof you're citing with the majority claim. Second, don't use the term logical fallacies unless you're specifically referencing one. They are a specific set of flawed arguments, not a general "I think you're wrong because x"Fundamentalist Christians who believe the world is only 6000 years old probably are a minority. Does that matter though? The fact that they're motivated to take that irrational stance at all is a problem, regardless of the fact that many Christians are able to ignore scripture and accept Reason in that case.
Also, logical fallacies are commonly associated with religious beliefs because, well, religious beliefs are not logical. When a person attempts to apply logic to Faith-based beliefs, they invariably fall into use of logical fallacy. If belief in deities were rationally consistent and logical, it would be possible to end the "debate" on the existence of a god or gods. The best logically correct philosophical argument in "favor" of a god's existence is that it's merely possible, and even then, one must accept that such a god's existence is completely immeasurable in any objective way.
Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
It should be plainly obvious why many of these "arguments" are often employed by religious individuals attempting to argue the existence of their deity of choice. Appeal to authority is probably the most common, I think. But it's all for naught. Religion is non-debateable. Faith requires no logic, Faith requires no evidence. Faith only requires belief, a feeling. And subjective beliefs not based on logic or measurable evidence are simply outside logic. Such feelings exist apart from rationality. One does not need logic to decide they like the taste of chocolate just as one does not logic to decide that they feel like there's a Great Creator. These feelings are just inadmissible as rational arguments and arguing of the existence of deities will assuredly be fruitless. Religious "debate" can only lead atheist people to repeatedly say "there is no evidence" and religious people to say "I feel like it's true," along with possibly dropping plenty of fallacies along the way.