![]() |
![]() |
Logical Fallacy of Argument from the Negative |
Logical Fallacy of Argument from the NegativeThe Logical Fallacy of Argument from the Negative occurs when someone asserts that if one conclusion is false, then another one is automatically true. This is very similar to the black-and-white fallacy. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Argument from the NegativeThe Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story versus the Creation-Flood account are often characterized as this type of argument. Some of those in favor of the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story sometime think that if they can poke a hole in the Creation-Flood account (the attempt is to prove it scientifically impossible) then the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story is true by default. Most of them think that there is no God by default or that the Bible can be deconstructed by default. On the other hand, some of those in favor of the Creation-Flood account sometime think that if they can poke a hole in the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story (the attempt is to prove it scientifically impossible) then the Creation-Flood account is true by default. The Creation-Flood account is based on Divine revelation. There is something called Creation science, where scientific observations are used to make theories that go beyond what God says through Scripture. Science does a very poor job of conclusively proving anything. Its real application is in the pragmatic, the determining of what works in the present, not the theoretical or for determining what happened in the past. The Scripture doesn't really say that much. It says that God created the Heavens, Earth, seas, and everything in them in six days. He created Adam on day six of Creation. God speaks through the geneologies, telling us that there are about 4,000 years between Adam and Christ. God tells us that there was a giant flood that covered the entire Earth, including the mountain tops. And God gives us some more details as well. Anyone who goes beyond these Divine revelations should hold onto their speculations very loosely. Yet, it is interesting to know that there are answers to some on the bold statements of those who are convinced of the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story. The Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story is based on assumptions and stories. There is some science involved on the outside of the assumptions and stories, but it is basically a very complex story, actually a series of stories, that tries to explain Creation without the Creator. Stories and assumptions can never be shown to be true. They are just stories and assumptions. This is part of the reason that the people who believe the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story try to find scientific evidence that would eliminate the Creation-Flood account. Although, they are unable to find any evidence like that.
Author/Compiler Last updated: Sep, 2014 ![]() Bread Crumbs Main Foundations Home Meaning Bible Dictionary History Toons & Vids Quotations Similar
Logical Fallacy of Stacking the Deck / Cherry Picking / Cherry Picking Data / Suppressed Evidence / Fallacy of Incomplete Evidence / Argument from Selective Observation / Argument by Half-Truth / Card Staking / Fallacy of Exclusion Logical Fallacy of Ambiguity Effect McNamara Fallacy Head in the Sand / Ostrich Fallacy Suppression of the Agent Fallacy Fading Affect Bias / FAB "What I Don't Know Is Not Important" / Unteachable Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Argument by Selective Refutation Logical Fallacy of A-Priorism Logical Fallacy of Audiatur Et Altera Pars / Failure to State Assumptions Error of Ignoring Historical Example Logical Fallacy of Overlooking Secondary Consequences Uncontrolled Factors Fallacy Missing Link Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Moving the Goal Posts / Gravity Game / Raising the Bar Gravity Game Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Argument by Demanding Impossible Perfection / Unfalsifiable Claims / Demanding Impossible Evidence Unfalsifiable Claims Fallacy / Unfalsifiability / Untestibility The Invincible Ignorance Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Ignorance / Ad Ignorantiam / Argument from Ignorance / Argument from a Lack of Evidence Logical Fallacy of Ad Ignorantiam Question God of the Gaps Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Argument from Silence / Argumentum Ex Silentio Logical Fallacy of No True Scotsman (a type of stacking the deck) No True Scientist Fallacy Fallacy of Opposition Frozen Abstraction Fallacy Falsified Inductive Generalization Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Argument from the Negative Logical Fallacy of a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid / Accident Fallacy Converse Accident Fallacy / Reverse Accident Fallacy Best-in-Field Fallacy Abductive Fallacy / Retroduction Fallacy / Retroductive Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Denialism / Denial Logical Fallacy of Reductionism / Oversimplification Persimplex Responsum Fallacy / Very Simple Answer Fallacy / Very Simple Solution Fallacy Logical Fallacy of Reductionism / Oversimplification Taboo Fallacy Recent
Home Answer to Critic Appeal to Possibility Circular Reasoning Argument to the Future Insignificant Cause Word Magic Love Between a Man and Woman Author/Compiler Colossians 2 Righteousness & Holiness Don't Compromise Sin Proof by Atheism Scriptures About Marriage Genuine Authority The Reason for Rejecting Truth Witness on the Internet Flaky Human Reasoning How Do You Know? Featured
The Real Purpose of the Church The Real Purpose of Life From Glory to Glory REAL Faith--What it IS & IS NOT REAL Love--What it IS & IS NOT How to be Led by God How to Witness Wisdom: Righteousness & Reality Holiness & Mind/Soul Redemption: Free From Sin Real Reality Stories Versus Revelation Understanding Logic Logical Fallacies Circular Reasoning-Who is Guilty? How Can We Know Anything? God's Word God's Process God's Pattern Mind Designed to Relate to God Answers for the Confused Fossil Record Says: "Creation" Avoid These Pitfalls Public School's Religion Twisting Science Evolutionism Public School Failures Twisting History |
![]() |
![]() |