16 Apr '05 14:30>
It seems that due to the prevalence of two religious groups on this forum, a lot of arguments are falling into silly black-and-white debates in which both sides may well be wrong. Here are some possible false dichotomies for discussion (note that this doesn't mean that both extremes must be wrong, but simply that they could both be wrong at once).
- Everyone either has unshakeable faith in the Christian God, or denies the existence of any divinity.
- Either life has a single, exogenous ('higher'😉 purpose, or it is completely without sense and order.
- Any choice we make consists of a binary choice between good and evil, so essentially any action is either 'the good thing to do' or 'the evil thing to do'.
- Any statement that comes out of a reasonable person is either a fact, or a deliberate lie.
- Any theory about important matters is either completely true and enlightening, or it is completely without merit.
- Everyone either has unshakeable faith in the Christian God, or denies the existence of any divinity.
- Either life has a single, exogenous ('higher'😉 purpose, or it is completely without sense and order.
- Any choice we make consists of a binary choice between good and evil, so essentially any action is either 'the good thing to do' or 'the evil thing to do'.
- Any statement that comes out of a reasonable person is either a fact, or a deliberate lie.
- Any theory about important matters is either completely true and enlightening, or it is completely without merit.