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In reply to the discussion: It's just math. [View all]

D23MIURG23

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23. Its actually a deductive syllogism with a missing premise.
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 01:38 PM
Jul 2018

I can fix it by adding the bolded premise:

P1: God favors America
P2: God favors everyone who favors America
P3: Donald Trump favors America
C: God favors Trump

The above syllogism proves that if premises 1 - 3 are true then the conclusion has to be true. In fact you don't need premise 1. I included it because Mr. Bill included it, and I think he meant for premise 2 to follow from it (it doesn't).

Now that the syllogism is corrected the problem is merely that every premise is ridiculous gibberish with no basis in reality. Premise 2 is especially bad because even if you believed premise 1 as an article of faith, there is no reason for premise 2 to follow from it, or to be true in general. I might favor Michigan State University, but that doesn't mean I would favor everyone else who felt the same way. I wouldn't favor Larry Nassar or John Engler if it turned out that they also favored MSU.

This whole thing smacks of some cheap apologist trying to be William Lane Craig and doing a really bad job of it.

It's just math. [View all] kpete Jul 2018 OP
Like they know math figuring. Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #1
Thanks kpete, this was funny. saidsimplesimon Jul 2018 #2
God is really f**ked up. CatMor Jul 2018 #3
Hitler was a vegetarian. Hitler was evil. Therefore, vegetarians are evil. Towlie Jul 2018 #30
This is an exercise in bad logic. This kind of syllogism* to arrive at the truth of a matter no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 #4
Yup. Was about to post about the obviously bad logical fallacy in idiot Bill Mitchell's tweet. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #11
Woosh. progressoid Jul 2018 #21
Its actually a deductive syllogism with a missing premise. D23MIURG23 Jul 2018 #23
I'm impressed with your analysis. no_hypocrisy Jul 2018 #24
hahahahaha that's great!!!!!!!!!! Takket Jul 2018 #5
Bad Math lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #6
Annnnnnnnnnd I'm out!! 7962 Jul 2018 #10
Worse than that. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #13
Penguines wear black. Melania wears black. Therefore Melania is a penguin. n/t D23MIURG23 Jul 2018 #19
The level of derp in some people is beyond parody. If someone had tweeted that 1st tweet as a joke, RockRaven Jul 2018 #7
I just had to comment to say I love your post! blugbox Jul 2018 #29
It ain't even math. It's invalid logic. bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #8
I first read that as "its just meth". Whoops! 7962 Jul 2018 #9
Potato Potahto progressoid Jul 2018 #22
You love guns, your enemy loves guns, therefore you love your enemy? FAIL dalton99a Jul 2018 #12
God clearly does not favor America. bitterross Jul 2018 #14
Yeah...funny how you guys scooped that one up for yourselves. LiberalLovinLug Jul 2018 #16
So Bill, if God hates adultery God must hate Trump right? cstanleytech Jul 2018 #15
It's not even math. It's fallacious logic, which means it's not even logic. JHB Jul 2018 #17
Human devolution... the proof. defacto7 Jul 2018 #18
lol something faulty in that syllogism 0rganism Jul 2018 #20
Bill Mitchell knows that what he's typing is not true as he types it Renew Deal Jul 2018 #25
Wait, I'm getting a different conclusion., Permanut Jul 2018 #26
But it's not math lunasun Jul 2018 #27
I love the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Jul 2018 #28
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