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This website is being renovated. Many pages have not yet been uploaded and some links do not work. To return to the home page, click here Chapter 0: How to reason Section 1: Basic principles It's easy to prove anything if you pick and choose your evidence. Good reasoning means including all the facts, even if they destroy your theory. Text to be uploaded shortly... Chapter 0 How to reason How good is your reasoning? How easily can you distinguish lies from truth? Or a good argument from a false one? Can you when tell someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes? Why is it so important to be able to reason? Just as we exercise and eat well to keep our bodies healthy and physically fit, we can look after our minds by avoiding junk and training them to think. Here are ten easy lessons to start with: This chapter will help you to think logically and to seek and put together facts and ideas in the way that is most likely to lead to an accurate conclusion. 0.1: Basic principles Start at the beginning 0.2: What do we know? Separate fact from fiction 0.3: Start with the question ... ... not with the answer 0.4: Cause and correlation They're not the same 0.5: All the evidence ... ... not just some of it 0.6: Don't jump to conclusions ... ... or you could land in the ... 0.7: No way Proving a negative 0.8: Occam's Razor The simplest solution 0.9: Reason and faith Understanding the difference Finished this chapter? Move on to Chapter 1 God is ... Does God exist? We can't answer that question if we don't know who God is or what he is like. What versions of God are on offer? Not sure what you're looking for? If there's a word that you don't recognize, it might be defined here. If there's a topic you're looking for, check the Search box at the top right of this page. If there's something you want to ask, send an e-mail. I can't guarantee an answer, but I'll do my best.   All Rights Reserved. Worldwide © Martin Foreman This is a test page. Most links do not work. To return to the active website, click here

If God existed, he would... admire the beauty of a universe that he did not create recognize that eternity is meaningless deny both heaven and hell disown all men and women who speak in his name denounce the harm caused by religious "morality" help the human race to thrive without him If God existed, he would be an atheist.