Ad Personam Fallacy
Ad personam is one of the many smokescreens that are used to cover the fact that the reasoning is based on one of the three fallacies of Agrippa's trilemma. Whenever a logical fallacy is committed, the fallacy has its roots in Agrippa's trilemma. All human thought (without Divine revelation) is based on one of three unhappy possibilities. These three possibilities are infinite regression, circular reasoning, or axiomatic thinking. This problem is known as Agrippa's trilemma. Some have claimed that only logic and math can be known without Divine revelation; however, that is not true. Without Divine revelation, neither logic nor math can be known. Science is also limited to the pragmatic because of the weakness on human reasoning, which is known as Agrippa's trilemma.
Ad Personam Fallacy occurs when personal preferences, dislikes, or weaknesses are used as reasons to believe.
Examples of the Ad Personam Fallacy
Bill Nye arguing against Creation Science: “A much better conclusion would be . . . “
The reason it would be a better conclusion is that it is the conclusion that Bill prefers to be true. No other reason was given.
"I prefer X theology."
Truth is truth. It isn't based on personal preferences. No matter what you prefer to be true, you can probably find a preacher preaching it somewhere. What does God say? That is the only relevant question.
How can we know anything about anything? That’s the real question
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