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  Re: An example of confirmation bias?  
From: Warp
Date: 5 Jul 2009 15:51:33
Message: <4a510445@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> > I've never been to a Christian wedding that says "What God has joined, 
> > let no man put asunder."  

> """
> Petitio principii. You assume that:

>      * All christian marriages are caused by God.
>      * God never allows two people to divorce.
> """

> You're also pulling a straw man here, btw. It's not necessary that *no* 
> Christians get divorced. Only that a statistically valid deviance exists 
> between those married in the eyes of a God who doesn't want divorces and 
> those married in sin.

  Congratulations: You just proved that God doesn't actively force people to
stay married. Of course you haven't proven anything about God's existence.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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