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Logical Fallacy of Slippery SlopeWhenever 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. Slippery slope 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. The logical fallacy of slippery slope occurs when someone takes a statement and extends the ramifications of that statement beyond what is reasonable. The key here is, "beyond what is reasonable." Of course, as part of risk analysis, any project manager examines the risks of what could happen and then tries to determine the likelihood of each risk triggering and the cost if it does trigger. This is not the logical fallacy of slippery slope. In addition, history does provide evidence of some things leading to other things. For instance, in the sixties, those pressing for a new morality started to press for what they called "free love," which was simply unrestrained promiscuity. Some, at that time, said that the same logical argument that is being used to press for heterosexual promiscuity could also be applied to make homosexuality legal. They were accused of the slippery slope fallacy. The media was already pushing the message in various ways at the time. Now, there are some who are accused of the slippery slope fallacy because they point out that the same arguments that are used to support the gay agenda could easily be applied to support pedophile behavior or bigamy. And the media and court cases are beginning. That's not to say that we can conclusively say that something is going to happen in the future, unless there is a true prophet who prophesies it. And, warnings about consequences rarely slow down people who are intent on doing what they want to do. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Slippery Slope
This isn't likely, since most other religions hold to some form of evolution. Those religions that hold to creation are mostly quite similar. This is also a false analogy fallacy.
This isn't likely since homeschooled kids who are taught creation science generally do very well in life. They probably should teach the Theory of Evolution with all the problems of the theory. Most homschooled kids understand evolution better than kids who go to public school. 
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