Because ULC does not require honesty, maturity or professional qualification from members and posters, here is a list of “Fallacies in argument” for serious people and as a protection from the trolls who haunt this place using the most juvenile and ridiculous of tactics to “bully” people off under a pretense of “knowledge”, “wisdom”, “goodness” etc. They are just deceivers in different clothing.
Minstry is serious to most people and you deserve serious, professional references and knowledge to help you navigate your way through the delinquents and false prophets.
I listed the TOP FIVE tactics I see used here at the top and a few more with links to professional and lay references (none from Wiki! Haha) at the bottom. Good luck! This will help serious people and adults avoid being baited and tricked by some of the “self appointed” little “imps” (to put it nicely) that make such a career of “running” this place:
The tactic of straying off topic in the middle of an argument to draw people away from the argument is known as the red herring fallacy.
“Rules against cheating are stupid because people cheat all the time and rarely get caught.” This is a argument-from-envy fallacy.
Attacking the person making the argument instead of the argument itself is the classic definition of the ad hominem fallacy.
Misrepresenting an opponent’s position then arguing against the misrepresented position is the basic working definition of the straw-man fallacy.
“All Christians untrustworthy.” This is an example of the hasty-generalization fallacy.
“How can you say Celine Dion’s music is not great? She has sold over 20 million albums.” This is an example of an appeal-to-popularity fallacy.
Obtaining favor with another or manipulating another by complimenting a person is known as the appeal-to-pride (or ego) fallacy.
“If you start drinking, you are likely to become an alcoholic.” This is an example of the slippery-slope fallacy
“Secret organizations are watching our every move. The fact that we know nothing about them shows how powerful they actually are.” = misplacing the burden of proof fallacy.
Claiming that something is true merely because one believes it to be true is known as the subjectivist fallacy.
“I always wear my lucky hat when the Atlanta Braves play; thanks to me, they won the World Series!” This is an example of the appeal-to-tradition fallacy.
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/fallacies/fallacies_alpha.htm
http://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html
