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10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by cyrexx: 1:29pm On Aug 07, 2013
1. Thou shall not attack a
person's character but the
argument itself. ("Ad hominem")
.
2. Thou shall not misrepresent or
exaggerate a person's argument
In order to make it easier to
attack. ("Straw Man Fallacy)
3. Thou shall not use small
numbers to represent the whole.
4. Thou shall not argue thy
position by assuming one of its
premises is true. ("Begging the
Question")
5. Thou shall not claim that
because something occurred
before something it must be the
cause.
6. Thou shall not reduce the
argument down to two
possibilities. (Fake dichotomy)
7. Thou shall not that because of
our ignorance that the claim
must be true.
8. Thou shall not lay the burden
of proof onto him who is
questioning the claim. ("Burden
of Proof reversal")
9. Thou shall not claim this
follows that when when "it" has
no logical connection. ("non
sequitor")
10. Thou shall not claim that
because a premises is popular,
therefore, it must be true.
("Bandwagon Fallacy")

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Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by Nobody: 3:53pm On Aug 07, 2013
cyrexx: 1. Thou shall not attack a
person's character but the
argument itself. ("Ad hominem"wink
.
2. Thou shall not misrepresent or
exaggerate a person's argument
In order to make it easier to
attack. ("Straw Man Fallacy)
3. Thou shall not use small
numbers to represent the whole.
4. Thou shall not argue thy
position by assuming one of its
premises is true. ("Begging the
Question"wink
5. Thou shall not claim that
because something occurred
before something it must be the
cause.
6. Thou shall not reduce the
argument down to two
possibilities. (Fake dichotomy)
7. Thou shall not that because of
our ignorance that the claim
must be true.
8. Thou shall not lay the burden
of proof onto him who is
questioning the claim. ("Burden
of Proof reversal"wink
9. Thou shall not claim this
follows that when when "it" has
no logical connection. ("non
sequitor"wink
10. Thou shall not claim that
because a premises is popular,
therefore, it must be true.
("Bandwagon Fallacy"wink
Okay. I think logicboy should see this

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Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by Nobody: 4:29pm On Aug 07, 2013
Reyginus: Okay. I think logicboy should see this


I was the first to see this thread.


Dont worry, i will populate it with some of your fallacious arguments
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 4:46pm On Aug 07, 2013
@cyrexx permit me to edit an entry

3. Thou shall not use small
numbers to represent the whole. (Fibonacci Argument)
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by Nobody: 5:25pm On Aug 07, 2013
Logicboy03:


I was the first to see this thread.


Dont worry, i will populate it with some of your fallacious arguments
Waiting for the strawman fallacy, rule number two.
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by MrTroll(m): 10:09pm On Aug 07, 2013
Rule 11: thou shalt not assume that because B happens after A then A is the cause (post hoc fallacy). This applies to Prayer.
Anony is the master of rule 8 cheesy

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Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by AlfaSeltzer(m): 8:06am On Aug 08, 2013
Those rules are logical. Logic does not apply to the religious. Logic is to them what evil is to us: an anathema.

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