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The God of the Gap fallacy is more or less the opposite of a thoughtful theological position.
by Semiapies 12y ago
The God of the Gap fallacy is more or less the opposite of a thoughtful theological position.
- humanrebar 12y agoIt's not a fallacy as much as it's a straw man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps#Criticism At any rate, I wasn't defending God of the Gaps as much as pushing back on culture of polemics.
- wtallis 12y agoIt's not a straw man - tjradcliffe wasn't misrepresenting the religious beliefs of any participant or subject of the discussion, just making an analogy between beliefs some people hold about history and beliefs some people hold about religion. And there are definitely plenty of flesh-and-blood people whose religious beliefs and arguments are that ill-founded.