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In high school debate, I found a killer piece of evidence to counter any given doomsday argument. From Eric Zencey: There is seduction in apocalyptic thinking
by Hnrobert42 1y ago
In high school debate, I found a killer piece of evidence to counter any given doomsday argument.
From Eric Zencey:
There is seduction in apocalyptic thinking. If one lives in the Last Days, one’s actions, one’s very life, take on historical meaning and no small measure of poignance.
- nabla9 1y agoThat's not evidence. You just used a type of Ad hominem fallacy called appeal to motive fallacy.
- Forgeties79 1y agoNot to mention it’s an assumed motive at that.
- Hnrobert42 1y agoWell, it was high school.
- z7 1y agoList of dates predicted for apocalyptic events: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_ap...
- beej71 1y agoAnd yet many doomsdays have occurred.