This occurs when a person misrepresents an opponent’s position and then proceeds to refute that misrepresentation rather than what the opponent actually claims.
A toy dinosaur, “nothing” to worry about, the rusting planet, and more!
Why does AiG suggest not using the vapor canopy model? Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., explains why the model fails biblically and scientifically.
The course of history in ancient Egypt has not been fully elucidated. Usually it has to be reconstructed from circumstantial evidence.
Essentially, the faulty appeal to authority is the argument that a claim is true simply because someone else believes it.
These and many other amazing facts spill off the 96 pages of the October–December 2009 issue of Answers magazine.
A snake with a leg, tree-climbing Velociraptors, Richard Dawkins and the straw-god, and more!
Before dealing with the Middle Kingdom it is necessary to discuss the sources of information on which our knowledge of this era is derived.
Many of those opposing the Christian faith accuse Christians of supposed “child abuse” for teaching them about God of creation.
The ad hominmen fallacy is so named because it directs an argument against the person making a claim rather than the claim itself.
All for a skull, evolution leads to tooth decay, civing in a zinc world, and more!
Is Christianity logical? As Dr. Jason Lisle, AiG–U.S., shows, not only is Christianity logical, it is foundational for all logic.
To the northeast of the massive Step Pyramid of Saqqara is the mastaba of Mereruka, vizier of King Teti of the 6th Dynasty.
A fair use of science, visual answers, editing the web, and more!
A person commits this fallacy when he or she claims that there are only two mutually exclusive possibilities—when, in fact, there is a third option.
Human evolution, dog evolution, mouse evolution, and more!
A critic claims that naturalists are not biased, but simply go wherever the evidence leads. Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., shows why this is not possible.
Instead of layers of cut stone, the core consisted of a jumbled heap of stones piled up in the shape of a pyramid and then faced with limestone blocks.
The complex question is the interrogative form of begging the question—when the arguer attempts to persuade by asking a loaded question.
They’re catching on, the demise of WASP-18b, meet chickenosaurus, and more!
How should the creationist student behave when being taught evolution?
Menkaure was the last great pyramid-building pharaoh at Giza; however, his tomb is the smallest of the Giza pyramids.
Creation microbiologists from around the country—from both creation organizations and secular universities—came together for another meeting of minds to promote creation research.
With the question-begging epithet, the arguer uses biased (often emotional) language to persuade people rather than using logic.
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