Reply #404: "Christianity has survived 2000 years of history" ? [View All]

[greyl]

How old do you think humanity is?
Intelligent rational human thought is a hell of lot older than Christianity.

That's not important, however, because I don't intend to play along with your fallacious argumentum ad populum and argument from age.
Using your logic, one whose gestalt is older than Christianity may rightfully claim that Christianity is silly. In that way, you differ from Christian missionaries significantly.

argumentum ad populum - This fallacy occurs when an argument panders to popular passion or sentiment. When, for instance, a politician exclaims in a debate that his opponent "is out of step with the beliefs of everyone in the audience," he/she is committing the fallacy. The legitimacy of a statement depends not on its popularity, but on its truth credentials.


argument from age (Wisdom of the Ancients) - Snobbery that very old (or very young) arguments are superior. This is a variation of the Genetic Fallacy, but has the psychological appeal of seniority and tradition (or innovation).
Products labeled "New! Improved!" are appealing to a belief that innovation is of value for such products. It's sometimes true.


http://www.philosophicalsociety.com/Logical%20Fallacies.htm
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html#age