Posted by Mike on February 23, 1998 at 16:08:20:
In Reply to: Re: The Burden of Proof posted by Mohamed Ghounem on February 20, 1998 at 19:38:58:
Mike: How could my statement be false when you concede that Christians accept Christianity so it is accepted.
Mohamed: Here you more clearly demonstrate your biost views. If I used the same logic (i.e. Muslims except Islam, therefore Islam is accepted) you would be a hypocrite and tell me I am not following logic.
Mike: Mohamed you have once again shown your irrationality. My statement above was in reference to the burden of proof, that being since Christianity has been accepted as truth BEFORE Islam, Muslims have the burden of proof. You have committed the logical fallacy called the strawman argument.
:... In closeing, "Jews accept the central message of Islam" : http://debate.org.uk/weboard/debate/messages/1082.html
: (One Creator without Partners) "
Mike Once agian, Mohamed you have committed the logic fallacy called the strawman argument in which you misrepresent the other person's view (Christian worsphip three god's in one) and attack the false argument that you yourself have invented instead of debating the person's point. I know of no Christian who would claim to worship three gods.
Mohamed: More" then the Jews accept the message of the church (Three gods in one),
Mike: Here you have committed the logical fallacy of argumentum ad populum. That is you are saying that just because more Jews reject Christianity than accept it. Therefore Christianity is not true. Public opinion does not establish truth.
Mohamed:: The Proof is in the above site...
Mike: Currently my office is switching my on-line service from erols to compuserve. So I cannot access your website reference yet (I am using a co-worker's computer while he is out of the office) When my computer is back on line, I will fully answer your site in contrast to your irrational, truncated responses to my points and site references. Mohamed why do you leave out so many of my arguments? I suspect you do because you cannot answer them so instead of answering my arguments, you attack the strawman. Such is the irrational plight of Muslims because they have no good reason to believe that Islam is true.
Mohamed: My humble apologies for being a bit offensive in previous posts
Mike: I am not offended because I love you just as Jesus loves you. Mohamed come to reason and receive God's Grace through faith is Jesus Christ our God.
Mike: I did not say Christiantiy=logic
Mohamed: That's a start :-)
Mike: another strawman argument. I argued that Christianity follows the rules of logic in contrast to the self-conscious irrationity of Islam for all the world to see.
Peace and Blessings,
Your brother in Christ: Michael