Nmcdonald's expressed his dissatisfactory view on how Christians try to defend their philosophy. He seems that most of their "logic" isn't credible, due to how they get their words around resulting in having logical fallacies. He claimes that being logical is good, but sometimes they just aren't authoritative. Nmcdonald warns people not to fall prey in to Christianic sermons by listing out all these logical fallacies that he has heard in the past year of how Christians have used their words to persuade people. He lists Ad Hominem, Straw Man, False Analogy, and etc. Then he briefly explains the term, and talks about how he has heard these rhetorical devices being used in real life by Christians.
I think I've heard "Begging the Question" many, many times in my life, but mostly before highschool or when talking with friends. In class we don't try to just assume our premises; we try to exaplain our stance and back it up with evidence. Though when we talk with friends about celebrities, music, books, we make comments without much explanation following the comment because between friends we all expect each other to understand it. For example, if someone hates Justin Bieber, (which I heard more than 10 times this year already) all they'd say is "Oh my gosh I hate him. He's gay!" However not many have gave sufficient evidence or support to prove his gayness.
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