Logical Fallacy of Reverse Halo Effect / Devil Effect
The Logical Fallacy of Reverse Halo Effect / Devil Effect occurs when a negative association is made between a negative thing and a second thing, and the attributes of the negative thing are attributed to the second thing.
Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Reverse Halo Effect / Devil Effect
When the Muslims began their jihad against the U.S., the majority of sources in the news media began to use the same word, fundamentalist, for Christians who believe the Bible as written and for violent Muslim terrorists. Often, they run two stories back to back, one that mentions a fundamentalist Christian group and another that uses the same word, "fundamentalism," to describe terrorists.
The word, "fundamentalist," was coined by Curtis Lee Laws of the unofficial Baptist publication, Watchman-Examiner, as a term for those who believe the fundamental truth of the Bible. It later came to refer to anyone who believes what God is saying through Scripture. During the period from 1910-1920, two separate movements, known as fundamentalism, were developed. Both of them attempted to bridge denominationalism (the separations in the Church) by identifying the fundamental elements of the faith in Scripture. These fundamental elements were then presented as the basic theologies that one must believe to be born again. People who identified themselves are fundamentalists opposed modernism's attempt to disconnect the Church from Biblical truth. They also unsuccessfully tried to oppose the indoctrination into the dogmas, such as evolutionism, of Secular Humanist religion through the public schools. It was a way to try to discern who was part of the Church Universal and who was not, without reference to the confusing denominational lines.
Sandy: "Timothy McVeigh shows just where Christianity leads."
Roxy: "But Timothy McVeigh wasn't a Christian. He didn't even believe in God."
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Last updated: Sep, 2014
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