You: “I believe it’s in the best interest of children for marriage to be between one man and one woman.”.This fallacy is called “Ad-Hominem,” and attacks the character of the person making the claim, rather than addressing the person’s actual argument. It’s a worthy discussion, but it’s a different discussion-don’t take the bait. The red herring has diverted attention away from what the Bible teaches to the credibility of the Bible as a book. Red Herring: “The Bible is just a human book-no different from any other book.”.You: “I believe the Bible teaches that Jesus claimed to be God.”.Changing the subject doesn’t actually win an argument, but it can make people forget what they were disagreeing about in the first place. The “Red Herring” fallacy is committed when someone brings up an irrelevant point that diverts attention from the original point being made. You made a claim about scientific evidence-not women’s rights. The straw man has misrepresented your argument and created one that is much easier to refute. Straw man: “So what you’re saying is that women should lose their rights and this country should be sent back to the ‘50s? That’s ridiculous.”.You : “I think there is good scientific evidence that life begins at conception.”.Straw men can often be found in discussions about abortion: The “Straw Man” is a fallacy in which someone oversimplifies or misrepresents the view of their opponent (builds a straw man), and then argues against that false view (knocks the straw man down). This happens in the world of social media disagreement All. How easy do you think it would be to knock down a pretend man made entirely of straw? It would be a lot easier than knocking down a real man-that’s for sure.
Here are the 5 most illogical people you will meet on the internet, and how to spot their fallacies: The person who leaves comments like these probably isn’t looking for a real conversation, but they are a great example of the abundance of bad logic waiting to be discovered in the dark corners of cyberspace.
Really? Your god is good? He’s so good and compassionate that he decided to literally drown the whole world in a flood? So good he’s okay with slavery? That god? Yeah-he sounds awesome. We post an encouraging Bible verse like Psalm 145:9 on Facebook: “The Lord is good to all he has compassion on all he has made.” By noon an atheist from somewhere in social media land has found the post and leaves a lovely comment: