Speakpigeon
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- Rationality (i.e. facts + logic), Scepticism (not just about God but also everything beyond my subjective experience)
Here is another interesting argument:
I'll give a straightforward application of it:
It's seriously more complicated than usual, so please take all the time you need to answer the two questions.
Question 1: Do you think that this argument is logically valid, and why?
Question 2: Do you think that this argument is fallacious, and if so, what kind of fallacy is it?
EB
(p1) A and (A implies B), therefore B;
(p2) B and (B implies A), therefore A;
(C) Therefore, A and B.
I'll give a straightforward application of it:
(p1) God exists and the fact that God exists implies that the Bible speaks the truth, therefore the Bible speaks the truth;
(p2) The Bible speaks the truth and the fact that the Bible speaks the truth implies that God exists, therefore God exists;
(C) Therefore, God exists and the Bible speaks the truth.
It's seriously more complicated than usual, so please take all the time you need to answer the two questions.
Question 1: Do you think that this argument is logically valid, and why?
Question 2: Do you think that this argument is fallacious, and if so, what kind of fallacy is it?
EB