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This argument rests on your prior acceptance of the Bible as truth. Therefore in the belief system and mind of this person, this is a fact is not debatable. | This argument rests on your prior acceptance of the Bible as truth. Therefore in the belief system and mind of this person, this is a fact is not debatable. | ||
==Straw Man== | |||
A fallacy is an argument or belief based on erroneous reasoning, usually designed to attack or [[Gaslighting|gaslight]] an opponent. Straw man is one type of logical fallacy. Straw man occurs when someone argues that a person holds a view that is actually not what the other person believes. Instead, it is a distorted version of what the person believes. So, instead of attacking the person's actual statement or belief, it is the distorted version that is attacked, when the targeted person never made the statement to begin with. <ref>[http://www.softschools.com/examples/fallacies/straw_man_examples/496/ Straw Man Fallacy]</ref> | |||