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Originally Posted by Lorelyen
That's why I mentioned some of the appalling stuff that passes for "logic" in the web's spiritual marketplace. Almost every article I read trying to seduce people into following their line, buying their books/snake oil, subscribing etc., is riddled with it. A few fake facts presented in an authoritative tone and then put into a logical equation. Even then some of the logic is false, like saying 'all apples are fruit, therefore all fruit are apples'.
I should be sad for the people who fall for it but it doesn't take much thought to see the fallacies.
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Yeah, I got ya. They say the more absurd the lie the more likely it is to be believed. Sometimes I think it is more of a desire to belong, and the lie is just a straw to grasp onto to stay in the fold.