circular reasoning

August 9, 2020May 2, 2022

Cladistics and Circular Reasoning

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
(2 Corinthians 10:4-5) KJV

Despite the rigorous application of philosophical ploys to guard against circular reasoning in cladistic analysis it’s a poster boy for circular reasoning because it’s based in a paradigm which is the result of personal bias. In this case the personal bias is: do you love or hate God?

August 9, 2020May 17, 2022

Induction vs. Deduction

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
(Titus 3:9) KJV

In the scientific method there’s a lot philosophy involved in constructing a logical framework which should produce an experimental result which is free from bias.

August 7, 2020August 7, 2021

Diversification of Vascular Plants

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
(2 Thessalonians 2:11-12) KJV

“Diversification of vascular plants: all major groups except flowering plants present by end of Devonian“. This demonstrates how inductive reasoning is used to account for evidence.

July 30, 2020July 30, 2021

The Role of the Decay Constant

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
(Genesis 3:16) KJV

If the theory of evolution is the centerpiece of the popular science narrative of godless existence (SciPop), then radiometric dating has been the pseudoscientific glue that held it together.

June 5, 2020September 9, 2021

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
(1 Timothy 1:6-7) KJV

Inductive reasoning is when you used your premise, say, heliocentricity, as evidence for your premise. It’s also called circular reasoning. Now, if you take another premise, say an ancient Earth, and use it to develop an experimental procedure which appears to prove that the Earth is ancient, that’s circular reasoning too.

October 12, 2018October 12, 2021

October 12th

Axiom III

Earth is the Center of the Observable Universe

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
(Habakkuk 3:11 ) KJV

The fact that Earth is at the center of the observable universe is empirical. The problem is, does anyone know what empirical means? Here are some definitions.

October 11, 2018July 7, 2022

Can Math Prove There’s no Hell?

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.
(1 Samuel 2:8) KJV

If you use circular reasoning to induce a rationalization of the premise that there’s no hell, but there is a hell, and then you code your rationale as math, does hell disappear?

April 20, 2018April 25, 2022

April 20th

The Earth is Set Firmly in Place

Praise the Lord’s glorious name;
bring an offering and come into his Temple.
Bow down before the Holy One when he appears;
tremble before him, all the earth!
The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved.
(1 Chronicles 16:29-31) Good News Translation

Does relativity refute the idea of an absolute frame of reference? No. Relativity is an inductive rationalization of the premise that there isn’t one, but it’s derived from an incorrect theory of gravity.

February 25, 2018January 1, 2021

Everlasting Light

The sun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory. Your sun shall no longer go down, Nor shall your moon withdraw itself; For the Lord will be your everlasting light, And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
(Isaiah 60:19-20) NKJV

We’re told that the new heaven and new Earth, where we’ll live for eternity, is a place of perpetual light. We’re making the case that the permanent physical separation of light from darkness is the purpose of creation.

November 25, 2016April 20, 2022

A reliable witness always tells the truth, but an unreliable one tells nothing but lies.
(Proverbs 14:5) Good News Translation

If you choose to believe what unbelievers write and say about the Bible, because you don’t want it to be true, you’re just fooling yourself, or attempting to. You’re using circular reasoning.