Freewill Meme

 

Into the dystopian world we go

 

No True Scotsman

Probably one of the most misunderstood and incorrectly used of the fallacies - here's how it works:

Person A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."

Person B: "But my uncle Angus is a Scotsman and he puts sugar on his porridge."

Person A: "But no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."

Person A has committed the fallacy.

What makes someone a true Scotsman has nothing to do with their porridge sugaring habits but rather that they were born and raised in Scotland. 

If the qualification for something/someone to be in a category is not met then it is right to say that it/they does/do not truly belong in that category. The Fallacy has NOT been committed.

For example: 

Person A: "No true Christian would be involved with the inquisition"

Person B: "But all the inquisitors were part of the Roman Catholic Church - they were Christians"

Person A: "But no true Christian would kill and torture others - this is not what Christ or scripture teaches"

Person A has NOT committed the fallacy because the category of "true Christian" is defined in scripture.

Thief Meme

 

Liar Meme

 

Fact Check This

There is a new creature in the land - the fact checker. With god-like power they decide what is fact and what is not. Sometimes they provide evidence but sometimes they do not. Sometimes their evidence is limited, one sided or itself un-checked. Sometimes they merely slap a sticker on a post but other times the post is deleted. there is sometimes and avenue for argument and other times there is not. We are being trained to accept the mighty fact checker. Watch out. There is only one absolute standard for truth - The Bible.
 

Slander Meme

Psalm 101:5 

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

Matthew 12:36 

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

1 Peter 3:16 

Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

Proverbs 10:18 

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

James 4:11 

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

Exodus 20:16 

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.