About the Bible and God

In the beginning of the Bible the claim is made that God created the heavens - (that would include all the billions of stars) - and the earth with all of its plant and animal life - (that would include all the trillions of living and reproducing cel...

What fallacy is this?

From here : You began this argument by cherry picking articles and accusing me of being a liar. You've yet to prove anything but that you are blindly devoted to liberalism. I said you were, you denied it. Who is the liar again? When I ask how...

What fallacy is it when similarities are overemphasized?

Shotgun fallacy

I have often gotten a response to an argument that does not directly address the core issue but, instead returns a number of other questions as if they were on topic. I have called this the "shotgun fallacy" in my mind but is there a more common nam...

Did Person B prove A wrong?

Picture this hypothetical scenario: Person A: I am not attracted to trans-women "Person B present a trans-woman and A gets attracted but they don't know they're trans" B: But this is a trans-woman  

Is this a type of fallacy?

I worked in an HR Department for a large company, where I would sometimes get requests from employees for pay advances, which were allowed but within set limits, regardless of the circumstances. And yet some employees would still try to exceed those...

Inherent meaning

Is there a fallacy in someone making the claim that nothing has inherent meaning?  Is there a fallacy in claiming that words specifically have no inherent meaning? 

different examples vs. logical fallacy

My BF told me I shouldn't eat food that's questionably out of date because if I get sick, I can't go to work. I argued that I also mountain bike, which could also put me out of work and he supports that activity. So I will continue to balance the ri...

Quiet or I missed it

I haven't seen any questions for months. Did I block something?

Would this be considered a false dilemma or just emotional reasoning ?

I had someone tell me they thought Hamas was more "Moral" then Israel. Because to them since Hamas has killed less civilians, they were more moral. I thought the statement was loaded. This was in a group discussion on the conflict and came off like...