False Dichotomies

1. Other Names
1. False dilemma (1/20/12)
2. Either-or fallacy (1/20/12)
3. Fallacy of false choice (1/20/12)
4. Black-and-white thinking (1/20/12)
5. Fallacy of exhaustive hypotheses (1/20/12)
2. Examples
1. Free will or predestination/fate/determinism (1/26/12)
1. God is sovereign or humans have free will (1/26/12)
2. Pray as if everything depends on God or work as if everything depends on God (1/26/12)
3. Justification is by Faith or works. (1/20/12)
1. Faith only -  Protestantism (1/30/12)
2. Works only - moralism (1/30/12)
4. We chose God or God chooses us (2/15/12)
5. Homosexuality is due to genes or to choice (1/26/12)
6. Determinism only
1. Nature or nurture
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2. Evolution or creation
3. Light as a wave or particle
4. Materialism vs. Idealism (1/20/12)
5. Jesus: fully human or fully God (1/20/12)
1. Fully human only-  Arianism (1/31/12)
6. Jesus one person oe two natures.
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7. Jesus begotton of the father or Jesus equal to the Father (1/31/12)
8. God as one vs God as three (1/20/12)
1. One god only - Unitarianism  (1/30/12)
2. Many gods only- polytheism (1/30/12)
9. All humans are equal or all humans are different. (1/26/12)
10. Humans are good or humans are evil (1/26/12)
11. God is transcendent or God is Imminence(1/26/12)
1. God is only transcendent - Deism (1/30/12)
2. God is Imminence only- Pantheisms (1/30/12)
12. God is merciful or God is just (1/21/12)
1. God's mercy trumps God's justice - religious liberalisms (1/31/12)
2. God's justice trumps God's mercy (1/31/12)
13. Reason or faith (1/21/12)
14. God is infinitely active or immutable (2/1/12)
15. Eucharist is bread and wine or Christ's body and blood (2/1/12)
16. Science or religion (1/21/12)
3. Reason for it being so common
1. The nature of all mysteries.