Question #3 applies the critical thinking hack of asking, “Is this message true or false because . . . Question #3: If the answer to Question #2 is yes, does that mean the Bible isn’t true? (Hint: the answer is no.) Ad Logicam Fallacies
Question #2: If the answer to Question #1 is yes, does the creationist argument really contain a fallacy? (See this logical fallacy series or watch CT (Critical Thinking) Scan for more on how to recognize specific fallacies.) Question #1: Is the creationist argument being accurately represented? Note: if someone misrepresents an argument to make it seem weaker than it really is, then that person is committing a straw man fallacy. Instead, we can investigate the claim by asking three questions: So, we have zero grounds to panic when someone claims a creationist is using a fallacy. But as many other articles explain, a plethora of logically sound arguments affirms the Bible’s truth-and a biblical worldview supplies a foundation for logical reasoning in the first place. We might feel unsettled when we hear an intelligent-sounding skeptic accuse creationists of using fallacies, as though that individual has all the logic on their side. How should we respond, as Christians, when we hear arguments for the Bible being attacked as fallacious? Responding to Accusations I witnessed firsthand how mainstream education systems are trying to outfit an army of evolutionary apologists trained to attack creationists.
Some of my textbooks also contained sections teaching students to refute certain arguments creationists supposedly endorse. While writing a critical thinking exam in university, I remember running into a question (or three) which asked me to identify fallacies-faulty forms of logic-in the arguments of fictitious creationists.