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13. Exactly. They look like logic, but aren't logical at all.

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:47 PM

Jan 2019

Sophistry is an excellent word for it. Bullshit is somewhat more direct, but also accurate.

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What counts as "proof" in theology? [View all] DetlefK Jan 2019 OP

Whatever your Clergy tells you? Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #1

There are no actual "proofs" in theology. MineralMan Jan 2019 #2

Religion offers apologetics, not logical arguments. MineralMan Jan 2019 #5

Theology, sermons, are mostly "sophistry." Bretton Garcia Jan 2019 #10

Exactly. They look like logic, but aren't logical at all. MineralMan Jan 2019 #13

The initial premise is the existence of God... uriel1972 Jan 2019 #9

Yes. Every time "God" is mentioned, that initial premise is restated, MineralMan Jan 2019 #14

You'll get an answer and that answer is "faith" Major Nikon Jan 2019 #6

And that sign sums up perfectly the #1 problem with religion. trotsky Jan 2019 #7

I was raised in a small town Major Nikon Jan 2019 #8

Don't get me started on 'Theodicy' uriel1972 Jan 2019 #11

We see right in this forum edhopper Jan 2019 #12

An incorrect premise, followed by others. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #15

Since theology is not science or good logic.... Bretton Garcia Jan 2019 #16

Who made a claim of rational or logical? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #17