tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551750221117484251.post3377179807229527585..comments2023-05-17T01:44:30.947-07:00Comments on Atheism Dissected: Shermer’s ChivalryKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478151742674353783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551750221117484251.post-82555497218517877302010-01-18T08:00:37.696-08:002010-01-18T08:00:37.696-08:00Good point in noting that it is not necessarily a ...Good point in noting that it is not <i>necessarily</i> a false dichotomy.<br /><br />But it is one and I explained why.<br /><br />aDios,<br />MarianoKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478151742674353783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551750221117484251.post-85699067022816418922010-01-15T10:33:44.958-08:002010-01-15T10:33:44.958-08:00"The false dichotomy is attempting to restric..."The false dichotomy is attempting to restrict you into giving a “Yes” or “No” answer both of which lead where Michael Shermer wants to take you." <br /><br />I could be wrong, but "restricting you into giving a yes or no answer" does not constitute a false dichotomy. It seems you just don't like the outcome of being led "where Shermer wants to take you." You may not like it, but that doesn't make it a logical fallacy.<br /><br />Maybe Shermer is just correct?<br /><br />Religious people posit: "there is morality if and only if there is God." Shermer takes that logic and says: "there is no God. Therefore there is no morality."<br /><br />He hypothetically says there is no God, and takes that to its logical conclusion, given the assertion of the theists and religious.<br /><br />Pretty simple.secularist10http://www.100treatises.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com