Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Appeal to Faith


Especially prevalent in religions, the faith fallacy relies on the concept of a blind follower. In the poem above Jesus tells his follower that he was indeed there, even though he could not see him, and it felt otherwise, but because of his blind devotion, the follower accepts it as fact. His faith in the entity substitutes for any lack of factual evidence.

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