Today’s Jesus and Mo strip is called “lie”. (I believe that Facebook removed last week’s Jesus and Mo post from my FB page.) So it goes. In this week’s strip, the ever-forgiving Jesus gets caught in a conundrum. This is a prime example of the “begging the question” fallacy:
Same class of reasoning that can make one believe in all types of religions as well as conspiracy theories. Reading in the paper today where another man in Pakistan killed his sister for marrying someone of another faith. The father was outraged mostly at the dead daughter because the son was in jail and no longer earning nearly $200 a month and the rest of the family will learn of the daughter’s indiscretion.
Ah – they actually jailed the son! Amazing…
I’m sure it is just a technicality. He will be released and back on the job soon enough.
Can argue that but it won’t do any good with true believers.
Jesus N’ Mo removed? For all it’s good, the shame of Facebook is it’s business model: supply must go up. No one’s feelings can get hurt. No one’s heaven can be criticized.
I agree… they really removed the Burka tale? What a bunch of wienies.
You can hardly blame Jesus for reasoning like his followers.
I was gonna say, now there’s a cartoon of truly biblical proportions.
Jesus sighting in weather map.
Facebook = Faecesbook!
I’m currently teaching a course in logical fallacies at an after-school program in a local high school. I asked students to come up with subtle examples of various fallacies and it seems to be difficult to come up with a really subtle example of begging the question.
Every one my students could come up with seemed to be absurdly transparent.
I have experienced paranormal activity, and so the paranormal is real.
I have seen a ghost so I know ghosts are real.
Good for you, now show us the evidence that supports your claims.
Anselm’s ontological argument?
+1
Speaking of begging the question, don’t you just hate it when someone writes that something “begs the question” when they really mean “raises the question”?
I’m afraid we’ve lost that battle.
Agreed. I’ve redeployed my grammar nazi resources to the your/you’re battle. And sometimes to the there/they’re/their eastern front.