LOGIC ARGUMENTS

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Faults in logic surrounding arguments against atheism and problems 

with the evidence cited as 'proof' for the existence of deities.

LOGIC and ILLOGIC

ILLOGIC

I. Logic Ills I

• Fallacies of Distraction

  • Argument from Ignorance

  • Slippery Slope

  • False Dilemma Black and White Thinking

  • Complex Question

• Missing the Point

  • Question Begging Petito Principii, Circular Reasoning

  • Straw man

• Motives versus Support

  • Appeal to Force Argumentum Baculum

  • Appeal to Pity Ad Misericordiam

  • Appeal to Consequence Argumentum ad Consequentium

  • Appeal to Popularity Ad Populum

  • Prejudicial Language

   

II. Logic Ills II

• Changing the Subject

  • Ad Hominem "Against the man"/personal attack

  • Ad Hominem Circumstantial

  • Ad Hominem Tu Quoque You too fallacy

  • Appeal to Authority, Anonymous Authority , and Rumor

   

• Inductive Fallacies (being constructed)

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LOGIC (SKILLS that kill...gods)

I. Logic I

• Skepticism, Science, Pseudoscience, and Thinking Straight

   

  • The Basic Equipment by Antony Flew

  • The Burden of Skepticism by Carl Sagan

  • How to Sell a Pseudoscience by Anthony R. Pratkanis

II. Logic II

• Atheism: Common Criticisms

   

  • Is Atheism Presumptuous?

  • Seven Common Misconceptions About Atheism

  • There are no atheists in Foxholes

  • The Meaning of Atheism

  • Why I think atheists are every bit as silly as fundie religious nuts.

III. Logic III

• Arguments for Atheism 1

  • Is a Proof of the Non-Existence of a God Even Possible?

  • Proving a Negative

  • A Brief Survey of Evidential Arguments for Atheism

  • Refutations of Arguments for God's Existence

  • Atheist Values: www.positiveatheism.org/hist/athval0.htm

• Arguments for Atheism 2

   

  • A Brief Survey of Evidential Arguments for Atheism

  • Atheist vs. Theist Debates: www.infidels.org/library/modern/nontheism/atheism/arguments

IV. Logic IV

• Tough Questions for the Christian Church by James Buckner

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Miscellaneous 

• atheist arguments

• The 10 Commandments are Garbage: www.positiveatheism.org/hist/lewis/lewten0c.htm 

• Mark Twain's satirical "Letters from Earth" www.positiveatheism.org/hist/twainlfe.htm

• Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" the entire damned text www.positiveatheism.org/tochpain.htm

• Problems with the Bible and other holy books: @ RID's  The Word page

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A Female Perspective

• Why Women Need Freedom From Religion www.ffrf.org/nontracts/women.html

• "Dare To Question" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton www.infidels.org/library/historical/elizabeth_stanton/dare.html

• Ayn Rand on religion: http://religion.aynrand.org/

• The Failure of Christianity by Emma Goldman http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/goldman/failureofchristianity.html

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Atheists vs. Theists 

• Debates on God's existence: www.infidels.org/library/modern/nontheism/atheism/

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"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind 

and unfits it for every noble enterprise."   

                                                                               James Madison     

Forth U.S. President and principal author of the Constitution and Bill of Rights

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LINKS TO LOGIC FALLACY INDEXES

• LOGIC FALLACY INDEX

• GUIDE TO LOGIC

• Atheism Logic & Fallacies

• www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html

• Critical Analysis

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A "DISCLAIMER" of sorts: 

Please begin with  The Argument from Ignorance (distraction) and Straw Man (missing the point) fallacies because many of the example arguments and rebuttals used on RID are limited in scope and depth: an in-a-nutshell approach to rebuttals against the arguments and examples often cited by theists against non-belief. Some of the material presented on RID does not need elaboration because it is solid in its stripped-down form. Others may call for an elaboration. If such an elaboration is desired please email us or refer to the links on this site where you can find alternate and winded forms of the arguments presented on RID. Some of the arguments and links to arguments on RID, however, are very broad, long, and encompassing.