Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Special Pleading

Special pleading is a fallacious argument in which a position or claim is given an exemption from a rule. This exemption is claimed without a valid supporting rationale.

Example: These are prayers to the god of the Bible not supplications to the gods of primitive religions. You must pray to the only true god. 
 
Example: Things of the spirit cannot be measured using scientific methods. Things of god are inherently different from the things of this world.  

Example: I know you think that the Bible does not always make sense. There are things about the Bible that you don't have the spiritual insight to understand.  

Example: I know the idea that the god created the earth in six days makes no sense to you, but that's only because you're human. Humans cannot understand supernatural phenomena.

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