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Muslims, Christians and No True Scotsmen

The No True Scotsman fallacy is a well-used fallacy in debates about religion with religionists. As wiki defines: No true Scotsman is an informal fallacy, an ad hoc attempt to retain an unreasoned assertion.[1] When faced with a counterexample to a universal claim, rather than denying the counter

Ockham's Razor and Christianity

Ockham's Razor and Christianity

Here is a definition of Ockham’s Razor: Occam's Razor: the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred. This can often be a very useful principle in comparing competing theories which seek to explain the same phenomena.