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trotsky

(49,533 posts)

22. If you truly understood what the No True Scotsman logical fallacy was about,

Reply to stone space (Reply #21)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:00 PM

Oct 2016

you'd realize your question here makes absolutely no sense.

But since you have previously referred to NTS as an "meme" there is not much point in me trying to explain further.

I wish you much luck in your quest for learning.

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Sam Harris: Donald Trump would be our first atheist president [View all] stone space Oct 2016 OP

Seems to me that Trump worships at the Church of the Golden Calf. stone space Oct 2016 #1

As much as I want one HAB911 Oct 2016 #2

If Trump is an atheist, he's an atheist who aspires to Godhood. stone space Oct 2016 #3

I'm surprised he's not voting for him. rug Oct 2016 #4

His view of Muslims? deathrind Oct 2016 #5

His view of Muslims. rug Oct 2016 #6

He's a Presbyterian shenmue Oct 2016 #7

I guess he is equating amoralism with atheism. RaymondLuxuryYacht Oct 2016 #9

... that we know of. eppur_se_muova Oct 2016 #10

Nah! He's an autolatrist. TexasProgresive Oct 2016 #11

In today's parlance, Jefferson would be an atheist. Goblinmonger Oct 2016 #12

Agnostics can't speak for atheists. That's just a way to make true atheists invisible. stone space Oct 2016 #14

Hell, people called him that in his time too Bradical79 Oct 2016 #18

Huh. trotsky Oct 2016 #13

So far as I know, he hasn't. stone space Oct 2016 #15

I honestly have no idea what you're on about here. trotsky Oct 2016 #16

Your comment seemed to suggest that you were using the NTS meme as a polygraph. stone space Oct 2016 #17

My comment suggested nothing of the sort. trotsky Oct 2016 #19

Trump self-identifies as a respecter of women. He's been quite clear about this. stone space Oct 2016 #21

If you truly understood what the No True Scotsman logical fallacy was about, trotsky Oct 2016 #22

If you have no answer, that's fine. I kind of anticipated that, actually. stone space Oct 2016 #23

Trump could have a delusion in the opposite end of the spectrum Bradical79 Oct 2016 #20