That was a strawman,you assume that I am some hypocrite that only approves because it is christianity.

by boxxybrown on 09/09/2009 04:23:04 AM EST

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A stawman is where one person misrepresents the others position and then attacks the weaker "strawman" position.

Robroy presents more of a special pleading fallacy I think

by cowpacino on 09/09/2009 05:09:41 AM EST

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Well, yes but that still doesn't make it a "strawman" argument. Flipping the context from Christianity to non-Christianity to illustrate a point is not a strawman argument.

A strawman argument would be if I said something like, "coaches all over the country were converting our children, aren't you against that?"
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by Robrob on 09/09/2009 02:29:00 PM EST

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