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The pastors who blessed the 20-foot graven image of Donald Trump would like to remind you that what they were doing was dulia, not latria.

But this did.

"Well, Pastor, the Devil and my tonsils are of the same opinion on the topic right now."

Is going home after the first few minutes biblical? My lunch is drying out in the slow cooker and I didn't plan on church going extra innings.

Posts in this thread (as of now): 242 Posts containing evidence that the government is covering up for Epstein's pedophile network: 242 fewer than that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring

That's true, but also note that Ghislaine Maxwell was tried and convicted of (amongst other things) three counts of sex-trafficking conspiracy. It's possible that the conspiracy was her and Epstein. But the existence of a larger network is, at least, plausible. Of course the issue under debate...

And there you go pivoting to another motte again.

Maybe there's insufficient evidence to warrant the investigation. Maybe there is an investigation but They aren't making it public so the subjects of the investigation don't flee for Cuba. No, of course "common sense" is that 23 million government employees, across three different...

Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos!

But your argument was not merely that there's no investigation that we know of. You started specifically by saying the government was covering up the network. That's not an absence of knowledge. That's supposed positive knowledge that due to nefarious purposes, there is no investigation. Once...

Duh has now pivoted to a second motte. Instead of defendng his claim of a government coverup of Epstein's sex-trafficking network, he's pivoted to the self-evident one that Epstein conspired with others.

Who are they, he asked again, fully expecting no answer.

Jooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos!

I know. And this particular fallacy didn't exist as such until 2005, almost a decade after I started taking logic and philosophy classes. But once you know what it is, you see it everywhere.

Behold the motte-and-bailey fallacy in action! A motte and bailey was a medieval castle. The motte was a fortified keep situated on a hill. It was accompanied by a bailey, a walled courtyard comprising the castle's desirable, productive land. The bailey was not easily defended. if it was...

You don't know that. You can't name names.

Explains a lot about Ekklesian's posts, actually.

But you can name your mom. Presumably. By Duh's logic, that makes her a government-protected pedophile. We have confirmation!

Imagine standing up for Duh. :ROFLMAO: