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'''Non sequitur''' ("it does not follow") is a Latin term that simply means that the conclusion doesn't follow from the premise. |
'''Non sequitur''' ("it does not follow") is a Latin term that simply means that the conclusion doesn't follow from the premise. |
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| − | Below are examples of this logical fallacy. |
+ | Below are examples of this logical fallacy. They are also examples of the [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Argument_from_incredulity Argument from incredulity]. |
==1st example of a non sequitur== |
==1st example of a non sequitur== |
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====1st premises==== |
====1st premises==== |
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| − | #Science can’t explain the origin of life |
+ | #[[Science]] can’t explain the origin of life |
| − | #There are gaps in the fossil record |
+ | #There are gaps in the [[fossil]] record |
====1st conclusions==== |
====1st conclusions==== |
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Different religions come up with different mutually contradictory conclusions based largely on [[wishful thinking]]:- |
Different religions come up with different mutually contradictory conclusions based largely on [[wishful thinking]]:- |
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#Therefore [[evolution]] is false and [[God]] created us as shown in the [[Genesis creation stories|1st or 2nd Chapter of Genesis]] and further [[Jesus]] is God’s son. |
#Therefore [[evolution]] is false and [[God]] created us as shown in the [[Genesis creation stories|1st or 2nd Chapter of Genesis]] and further [[Jesus]] is God’s son. |
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| − | #Therefore [[evolution]] is false and [[Allah]] created us as shown in the [[ |
+ | #Therefore [[evolution]] is false and [[Allah]] created us as shown in the [[Qu'ran]]. |
| − | #Therefore [[evolution]] is false and the gods/goddesses of our [[polytheistic]] religion created us as shown in our sacred texts. |
+ | #Therefore [[evolution]] is false and the gods/goddesses of our [[Polytheism|polytheistic]] religion created us as shown in our sacred texts. |
====1st analysis==== |
====1st analysis==== |
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#The first premise is correct, science can’t explain '''yet''' [[Abiogenesis|the origin of life]] but see [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/ Articles on the Origin of Life]. |
#The first premise is correct, science can’t explain '''yet''' [[Abiogenesis|the origin of life]] but see [http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/ Articles on the Origin of Life]. |
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#The second premise is is correct but unimportant, see TalkOrigins on [http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC200.html Transitional fossils]. Fossilization is a rare process and we will never get a complete record from generation to generation, still evolution is clear without a totally complete record. |
#The second premise is is correct but unimportant, see TalkOrigins on [http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CC/CC200.html Transitional fossils]. Fossilization is a rare process and we will never get a complete record from generation to generation, still evolution is clear without a totally complete record. |
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| − | #This in no way shows that any one [[religion]] or [[sect]] has the true explanation for life. |
+ | #This in no way shows that any one [[religion]] or [[Sects and denominations|sect]] has the true explanation for life. |
#Further natural explanations for life and its origin are in no way ruled out, science has not found the whole story yet. |
#Further natural explanations for life and its origin are in no way ruled out, science has not found the whole story yet. |
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====2nd conclusions==== |
====2nd conclusions==== |
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Different religions come up with different mutually contradictory conclusions again based largely on wishful thinking:- |
Different religions come up with different mutually contradictory conclusions again based largely on wishful thinking:- |
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| − | #Therefore what the most [[Big bang|respected astronomers in the world say]] is false and [[God]] created the |
+ | #Therefore what the most [[Big bang|respected astronomers in the world say]] is false and [[God]] created the [[Universe]] as shown in the [[Genesis creation stories|1st or 2nd Chapter of Genesis]] and further [[Jesus]] is God’s son. |
| − | #Therefore what the most [[Big bang|respected astronomers in the world say]] is false and [[Allah]] created the universe as shown in the [[ |
+ | #Therefore what the most [[Big bang|respected astronomers in the world say]] is false and [[Allah]] created the universe as shown in the [[Qu'ran]]. |
#Therefore what the most [[Big bang|respected astronomers in the world say]] is false and the gods/goddesses of our [[polytheistic]] religion created the universe as shown in our sacred texts. |
#Therefore what the most [[Big bang|respected astronomers in the world say]] is false and the gods/goddesses of our [[polytheistic]] religion created the universe as shown in our sacred texts. |
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====2nd analysis==== |
====2nd analysis==== |
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| + | Both premises are correct, a lay believer with possibly limited intelligence and education may find religious accounts easier to understand than complex science. None of that disproves science. |
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| − | ==3rd example of a non sequitur== |
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| − | #I personally dislike the idea that consciousness ends with death. |
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| − | #I personally find life meaningless without [[God]]. |
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| − | #I personally would rather live forever and I personally would rather God gave meaning to my life. |
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| − | #Therefore God exists. |
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| − | Put in this simple way the logical fallacy is clear. 'You can't change the truth because you don't like what it leads to.' |
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| − | Despite this when seductive preachers tug at the heartstrings of gullible people preachers sometimes make converts. |
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| − | [[Biological evolution of morality|We evolved so we care about other people as well as ourselves]]. Improving life for ourselves and other people in this world can and should give meaning to our lives. The tyrannical God of [[Christian Fundamentalism]] demands impossible moral standards and threatens eternal torment when inevitably we can't reach those standards? Christian Fundamentalism can give meaning to people's lives but only [[How can you tell the difference between Christianity and an abusive husband or boyfriend?|when they deny the reality of what they believe]]. It's better to live with reality and accept there is no evidence for the God of Christianity. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Latest revision as of 09:30, 13 November 2020
Non sequitur ("it does not follow") is a Latin term that simply means that the conclusion doesn't follow from the premise.
Below are examples of this logical fallacy. They are also examples of the Argument from incredulity.
1st example of a non sequitur
1st premises
1st conclusions
Different religions come up with different mutually contradictory conclusions based largely on wishful thinking:-
- Therefore evolution is false and God created us as shown in the 1st or 2nd Chapter of Genesis and further Jesus is God’s son.
- Therefore evolution is false and Allah created us as shown in the Qu'ran.
- Therefore evolution is false and the gods/goddesses of our polytheistic religion created us as shown in our sacred texts.
1st analysis
- The first premise is correct, science can’t explain yet the origin of life but see Articles on the Origin of Life.
- The second premise is is correct but unimportant, see TalkOrigins on Transitional fossils. Fossilization is a rare process and we will never get a complete record from generation to generation, still evolution is clear without a totally complete record.
- This in no way shows that any one religion or sect has the true explanation for life.
- Further natural explanations for life and its origin are in no way ruled out, science has not found the whole story yet.
2nd example of a non sequitur
2nd premises
- I personally can’t understand quantum mechanics, other complex material that atheistic scientists write.
- I personally can understand what my priest/pastor/mullah tells me about God.
2nd conclusions
Different religions come up with different mutually contradictory conclusions again based largely on wishful thinking:-
- Therefore what the most respected astronomers in the world say is false and God created the Universe as shown in the 1st or 2nd Chapter of Genesis and further Jesus is God’s son.
- Therefore what the most respected astronomers in the world say is false and Allah created the universe as shown in the Qu'ran.
- Therefore what the most respected astronomers in the world say is false and the gods/goddesses of our polytheistic religion created the universe as shown in our sacred texts.
2nd analysis
Both premises are correct, a lay believer with possibly limited intelligence and education may find religious accounts easier to understand than complex science. None of that disproves science.