Comments on: You Believe That ‘Cause… http://biblearchive.com/blog/2009/apologetics/you-believe-that-cause/ Thoughts from Plymouth Brethren Blogger Rey Reynoso Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:58:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christian Carnival 274 | RodneyOlsen.net http://biblearchive.com/blog/2009/apologetics/you-believe-that-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Christian Carnival 274 | RodneyOlsen.net Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:30:16 +0000 http://biblearchive.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-816 [...] finally, Rey presents You Believe That ‘Cause… posted at The Bible Archive, saying the post goes over the genetic fallacy and offering some [...] [...] finally, Rey presents You Believe That ‘Cause… posted at The Bible Archive, saying the post goes over the genetic fallacy and offering some [...]

]]> By: Rey http://biblearchive.com/blog/2009/apologetics/you-believe-that-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Rey Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:15:45 +0000 http://biblearchive.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-815 These comments have been copied over from <a href="http://theologica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/you-believe-that-cause#comments" rel="nofollow">Ning</a>. These comments have been copied over from Ning.

]]> By: Daniel http://biblearchive.com/blog/2009/apologetics/you-believe-that-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Daniel Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:14:58 +0000 http://biblearchive.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-814 As bad as genetic fallacies are in the church, they are way, way worse in politics. We've become a society of talking-points truth. D. As bad as genetic fallacies are in the church, they are way, way worse in politics. We’ve become a society of talking-points truth.
D.

]]> By: Rey http://biblearchive.com/blog/2009/apologetics/you-believe-that-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Rey Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:14:37 +0000 http://biblearchive.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-813 I think another way to make that Democrat one clearer would be "My grandpaw believed in God, and my Paw believed in God; therefore God exists." But I don't usually hear that. Usually I hear it in the form of some sort of American Ideal stands in the place of Exists and the party line stands in the place of God. It surely is an appeal to authority but still leaves the belief statement separate from the existential statement and obfuscates the two. I think I read an article on the multiple threads of the Genetic Fallacy somewhere that I should link to (if I haven't already). Oh, and I don't mind the featuring thing. This will making the invoking the Genetic Fallacy all the more sinful... I think another way to make that Democrat one clearer would be “My grandpaw believed in God, and my Paw believed in God; therefore God exists.” But I don’t usually hear that. Usually I hear it in the form of some sort of American Ideal stands in the place of Exists and the party line stands in the place of God. It surely is an appeal to authority but still leaves the belief statement separate from the existential statement and obfuscates the two. I think I read an article on the multiple threads of the Genetic Fallacy somewhere that I should link to (if I haven’t already).

Oh, and I don’t mind the featuring thing. This will making the invoking the Genetic Fallacy all the more sinful…

]]> By: Daniel http://biblearchive.com/blog/2009/apologetics/you-believe-that-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Daniel Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:13:36 +0000 http://biblearchive.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-812 I'm not sure your Democrat example is a true genetic fallacy. I'd think it would be a better example if someone said something was false because of who said it. It is kinda the opposite of an appeal to authority. One says something is false because the person that said it is a liar or has lied or is just disliked or whatever. The other says X is true because some person who is blindly trusted says it is. I like the post though. People need a reminder to consider *why* the believe what they do. Coming to a conclusion just because that is what my favorite pastor or author said isn't good enough. So I hope you don't mind that I "featured" the post - at least until I can add a link to it on the About page. :) Daniel I’m not sure your Democrat example is a true genetic fallacy. I’d think it would be a better example if someone said something was false because of who said it. It is kinda the opposite of an appeal to authority. One says something is false because the person that said it is a liar or has lied or is just disliked or whatever. The other says X is true because some person who is blindly trusted says it is.

I like the post though. People need a reminder to consider *why* the believe what they do. Coming to a conclusion just because that is what my favorite pastor or author said isn’t good enough. So I hope you don’t mind that I “featured” the post – at least until I can add a link to it on the About page. :)
Daniel

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