Jack Chick exposes the logical fallacies of Islam

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

In detail! http://www.chick.com/information/rel.../fallacies.asp

(Article written by Robert Morey of www.FaithDefenders.com for chick.com.)

The first two logical fallacies are provided here for you. You'll have to click the link above to read the other eight . . . and believe me, there are some doozies!

Muslims are so stupid. How can they believe this stuff??

Common Logical Fallacies Made By Muslims
by Robert A. Morey
© 1996 Research and Education Foundation

Christians must be prepared to answer the typical objections made against the Gospel. Most of the objections are based on simple logical fallacies.

The following is a list of some of the most common fallacies used by Muslims.

Note: The average Muslim does not know that his arguments are logically erroneous. He is sincere in his beliefs. Thus you must be patient and kind in sharing with him why his arguments are invalid.

1. The Fallacy of False Assumptions: In logic as well as in law, "historical precedent" means that the burden of proof rests on those who set forth new theories and not on those whose ideas have already been verified. The old tests the new. The already established authority judges any new claims to authority.
Since Islam came along many centuries after Christianity, Islam has the burden of proof and not Christianity. The Bible tests and judges the Qur'an. When the Bible and The Qur'an contradict each other, the Bible must logically be given first place as the older authority. The Qur'an is in error until it proves itself. Some Muslims violate the principle of historical precedent by asserting that Islam does not have the burden of proof and that the Qur'an judges the Bible. 2. Arguing in a circle: If you have already assumed in your premise what you are going to state in your conclusion, then you have ended where you began and proven nothing.

If you end where you began, you got nowhere.

Examples: #1 Proving Allah by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Allah. #2 Proving Muhammad by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Muhammad. #3 Proving Islam by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Islam.

[barton]

Re: Jack Chick exposes the logical fallacies of Islam

Since Islam came along many centuries after Christianity, Islam has the burden of proof and not Christianity.

Great stuff! It's truly astounding that people in this day and age can get trapped by such ridiculous circular logic!

Even so, what immediately sticks out is what I've quoted above. This is a very, very versatile line of reasoning! Yet another invincible tool in our arsenal against the heathen.

For example...

Atheist Scum: blah, blah, blah, Darwin, blah, blah, evolution!
True Christian™: Since Darwin came along thousands of years after the Bible, you Darwinians have the burden of proof and not Christianity.
Atheist Scum: blah, blah, blah, wah, wah, [hateful words omitted], fairytales!
True Christian™: When the Bible and Darwin contradict each other, the Bible must logically be given first place as the older authority. The Theory of Evolution is in error... a fairytale, if you will ...until it proves itself. Which it won't. It's been just over 150 years since Darwin published his infernal ravings in the Origin of the Species and there's been no proof offered yet!
Atheist Scum: [stream of hateful words omitted]

Interestingly enough, the lines I wrote for the atheist are pretty much all I can remember ever hearing out of them: incoherent, fuming rants with just a few understandable words.