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Chapter 2: The Rights of a Suckling Infant

During the period of breastfeeding, an infant has two fundamental rights:

1- Suitable Nutrition

According to the recommendations of the great leaders of Islam, the best food for a baby is the mother’s milk. For a suckling child, nothing can be substituted for the mother’s milk. Therefore, one of the rights of a baby is to be breastfed by its mother, if possible.

The Holy Qur’an clearly says that the mothers who are willing to accomplish this duty perfectly must breastfeed their infants for two complete years. According to what is narrated from Imam al-Ridha (a.s), the right of children is that they are breastfed for the minimum of twenty one months, and anything less than that is doing injustice to them.

If the baby cannot suckle the mother’s milk due to any reason, the father must choose a worthy wet-nurse to feed the baby. She must have spiritual and physical exquisiteness, because the milk itself has an effect on the upbringing of the child’s body and soul, and hence narrations have warned against choosing wet-nurses who are deviated in their belief, deeds, and morals, or are suffering from a disease.

2- Respecting the Feelings

Another important aspect to be mentioned in the conduct of the Prophet (s.a.w.) in observing the rights of suckling babies is respecting their feelings. According to a tradition, the messenger of God one day unlike usual, ended his prayers so fast that Muslims thought a new revelation was coming down to him. When they asked him about its reason, they surprisingly heard him say:“Did you not hear the cry of the baby?”

It was realized that the reason for shortening of the prayers was the cry of a restless infant who was beside the people and the Prophet (s.a.w.) shortened the prayers so that they could pacify the baby.

It frequently happened that people brought a baby to the Prophet (s.a.w.) in order that he would recite an invocation for him. The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) took the baby in his bosom and, when he was busy reciting invocation, the infant polluted the Prophet’s clothes. People wanted to separate the baby from him so that his clothes might not be more polluted, but he (s.a.w.) did not let them do so.

By these kinds of wise treatments, besides appeasing the child’s family, the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.) would not allow the feelings of the child to be hurt, as he knew that ignoring the child’s sentiments would have some unpleasant sequels in his future life.

2.1: Being Breastfed from the Mother’s Milk, if Possible

A) The virtue of breastfeeding the infant

184. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said:“When a woman becomes pregnant, her station will be like a person who fasts during the day and vigilant by night, and she is like a struggler who strives with her soul and wealth in the path of Allah. When she delivers her child, she has such a reward that you do not know what it is because of its magnitude. When she breastfeeds, for every suckle made, she will receive the reward of emancipating one of the children of Isma’il; and when the time of weaning comes an angel will say: “Continue your act [of breastfeeding], for you have been forgiven.” 1

185. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said:“If it were not for hurting their husbands, no pregnant, wet-nursing and compassionate woman who perform prayers, would enter Hellfire.” 2

فَضلُ إرضاعِ الوَلَد

184. رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إذا حَمَلَتِ المَرأَةُ كانَت بِمَنزِلَةِ الصّائِمِ القائِم، المُجاهِدِ بِنَفسِهِ و مالِهِ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَإِذا وَضَعَت كانَ لَها مِنَ الأَجرِ ما لا تَدري ما هُوَ لِعِظَمِهِ، فَإذا أرضَعَت كانَ لَها بِكُلِّ مَصَّةٍ كَعِدلِ عِتقِ مُحَرَّرٍ مِن وُلدِ إسماعيلَ، فَإِذا فَرَغَت مِن رَضاعِهِ ضَرَبَ مَلَكٌ عَلى جَنبِها، و قالَ: استَأنِفِي العَمَلَ؛ فَقَد غُفِرَ لَكِ

185. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله: حامِلاتٌ والِداتٌ مُرضِعاتٌ رَحيماتٌ، لو لا ما يَأتينَ إلى بُعولَتِهِنَّ ما دَخَلَت مُصَلِّيَةٌ مِنهُنَّ النّارَ

B) The Blessing of the Mother’s Milk

186. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said:“There is no milk better for an infant than its mother’s milk.” 3

187. Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) said:“There is no milk that the infant feeds on more blessing than its mother’s milk.” 4

بَرَكَةُ لَبَنِ الأُمِ‏

186. رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لَيسَ لِلصَّبِيّ لَبَنٌ خَيرٌ مِن لَبَنِ امِّهِ

187. الإمام عليّ عليه السلام: ما مِن لَبَنٍ يُرضَعُ بِهِ الصَّبِيّ أَعظَمُ بَرَكَةً عَلَيهِ مِن لَبَنِ امِّه

C) The Duration of Nursing

“And the mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years for the one who desires to complete the period of suckling …” 5

“… and We did enjoin upon man concerning his parents, did his mother bear him with fainting upon fainting and his weaning takes two years …” 6

188. Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said:“Nursing is to twenty one months, and anything less than that is injustice to the infant.” 7

مُدَّةُ الإِرضاعِ‏

(وَ الْوالِداتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ الرَّضاعَةَ)

(وَ وَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسانَ بِوالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْناً عَلى‏ وَهْنٍ وَ فِصالُهُ فِي عامَيْنِ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَ لِوالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ )

188. الإمام الصادق عليه السلام: الرَّضاعُ واحِدٌ و عِشرونَ شَهراً، فَما نَقَصَ فَهُوَ جَورٌ عَلَى الصَّبِيِ

2.2: Choosing a Righteous Wet-nurse to Breastfeed

189. Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) said:“Choose [a wet-nurse] for breastfeeding [the infant] the same way that you choose someone for marriage, for milk changes one’s nature.” 8

190. Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) said:“Be aware of the one who breastfeeds your children, for a child will grow up based on that [milk].” 9

191. Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said:“Look for the milk of attractive wet-nurses for your child, and avoid the milk of the unattractive ones, for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child].” 10

192. Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said:“Choose clean and affectionate wet-nurses, for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child].” 11

استِرضاعُ المُرْضِعَةِ الصّالِحَةِ

189. الإمام عليّ عليه السلام: تَخَيَّروا لِلرَّضاعِ كَما تَتَخَيَّرونَ لِلنِّكاحِ؛ فَإِنَّ الرَّضاعَ يُغَيِّرُ الطِّباعَ

190. الإمام عليّ عليه السلام: انظُروا مَن تُرضِعُ أَولادَكُم؛ فَإِنَّ الوَلَدَ يَشِبُّ عَلَيهِ

191. الإمام الباقر عليه السلام: استَرضِع لِوَلَدِكَ بِلَبَنِ الحِسانِ، وإيَّاكَ وَ القِباحَ؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّبَنَ قَد يُعدي

192. عنه عليه السلام: عَلَيكُم بِالوِضاءِ مِن الظُّؤورَةِ ؛ فإنَّ اللَّبَنَ يُعدِي

2.3: Those Who Should not Be Asked for Suckling

193. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said:“Avoid letting your children suckle from debauch or insane women, for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child].” 12

194. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said:“Do not ask a foolish, blear-eyed or sick woman to breastfeed [your child], for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child].” 13

195. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said:“Do not ask a foolish woman to breastfeed [your child], for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child] and the child will become resemblant to the milk, meaning in foolishness and idiocy.” 14

196. al-Kafi: From ‘Ubaydullah al-Halabi who said:“I asked Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sadiq] (a.s.): “Can I get a woman who is born from an adulterine person to breastfeed.” He answered:“No. Ask neither her nor her daughter to breastfeed.” 15

مَنْ لا يَنبَغِي اسْتِرْضاعُهُ‏

193. رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: تَوَقَّوا عَلى أولادِكُم لَبَنَ البَغِيِ‏ مِنَ النِّساءِ والمَجنونَةِ؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّبَنَ يُعدِي

194. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله: لا تَستَرضِعُوا الحَمقاءَ ولَا العَمشاءَ ؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّبَنَ يُعدِي

195. عنه صلى الله عليه وآله: لا تَستَرضِعُوا الحَمقاءَ؛ فَإِنَّ اللَّبَنَ يُعدي، وإنَّ الغُلامَ يَنزَعُ‏ إلَى اللَّبَنِ؛ يَعني إلَى الظِّئرِ فِي الرُّعونَةِ وَالحُمق

196. الكافي عن عبيد الله الحلبي: قُلتُ لِأبي عَبدِ اللهِ عليه السلام: امرَأَةٌ وُلِدَت مِنَ الزِّنا، أتَّخِذُها ظِئرا؟

قالَ: لا تَستَرضِعها، ولَا ابنَتَها

2.4: Feeding the Child Beneficial Foods

197. Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) said:“Give pomegranate to your children, for it will make their teeth grow more rapidly.” 16

198. Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said:“Give pomegranate to your children, for it will make them become mature faster.” 17

199. al-Mahasin, narrating from Khidr who said:“I was at the presence of Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sadiq] (a.s.) when one of his followers came to him and said: “Our children are [usually] born light weighted and weak.” The Imam said:“Why do you not give them Sawiq, 18 for it hardens the bone and makes the flesh grow.” 19

إطْعامُ الْأغذِيَةِ النّافِعَةِ

197. الإمام عليّ عليه السلام: أَطعِموا صِبيانَكُم الرُّمّانَ؛ فَإنَّهُ أسرَعُ لِألسِنَتِهِم

198. الإمام الصادق عليه السلام‏ أَطعِموا صِبيانَكُم الرُّمّانَ؛ فَإنَّهُ أسرَعُ لِشَبابِهِم

199. المحاسن عن خضر: كُنتُ عِندَ أبي عَبدِ اللهِ عليه السلام، فَأتاهُ رَجُلٌ مِن أصحابِنا فَقالَ لَهُ: يولَدُ لَنَا المَولودُ فَيَكونُ مِنهُ القِلَّةُ وَالضَّعفُ، فَقالَ: ما يَمنَعُكَ مِنَ السَّويقِ‏ فَإِنَّهُ يَشُدُّ العَظمَ، ويُنبِتُ اللَّحمَ؟

2.5: Respecting the Infant’s Feelings

200. Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said:“The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) while performing the noon and afternoon prayer finished the [last] two units quickly. When he finished, people asked him: “O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.)! Has something new about prayer been sent down?” He said:“Why are you asking?” They answered:“You performed the last two units quickly.” He said:“Did you not hear the cry of a child?!” 20

201. Makarim al-Akhlaq: People used to bring children to the Prophet (s.a.w.) for him to pray for them to be blessed and to give them a name. He (s.a.w.) used to hold them in his arms out of honour to their families. Sometimes it happened that the child would pass urine [on his (s.a.w.) clothes] and those who saw this would call out, but he (s.a.w.) would say:“Do not interrupt the child.” So, they would leave the child to finish. Then he (s.a.w.) would continue to finish his prayer for the child or naming him, bringing happiness to their family in such a way that they never felt that he (s.a.w.) was displeased by the child’s urinating. Then, when they left, he would wash his clothes.”21

202. Musnad Ibn Hanbal, narrating from ‘A’ishah who said:“Children were often brought to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) and he would pray for them. One time, an infant who was brought to him urinated and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: “Pour some water on it.” 22

احْتِرامُ شُعورِ الرَّضيعِ‏

200. الإمام الصادق عليه السلام: صَلَّى رَسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وآله الظُّهرَ وَالعَصرَ فَخَفَّفَ الصَّلاةَ فِي الرَّكعَتَينِ، فَلَمَّا انصَرَفَ قالَ لَهُ النّاسُ: يا رسولَ اللهِ أحَدَثَ فِي الصَّلاةِ شَي‏ءٌ؟ قالَ: وما ذاكَ؟ قالوا: خَفَّفتَ فِي الرَّكعَتَينِ الأَخيرَتَينِ! فَقالَ لَهُم: أمَا سَمِعتُم صُراخَ الصَّبِيِ؟ !.

201. مكارم الأخلاق: كانَ صلى الله عليه وآله يُؤتى‏ بِالصَّبِيّ الصَّغيرِ لِيَدعُوَ لَهُ بِالبَرَكَةِ أو يُسَمِّيَهُ، فَيَأخُذُهُ فَيَضَعُهُ في حِجرِهِ؛ تَكرِمَةً لِأَهلِهِ، فَرُبَّما بالَ الصَّبِيّ عَلَيهِ، فَيَصيحُ بَعضُ مَن رَآهُ حينَ بالَ، فَيقولُ صلى الله عليه وآله: لا تُزرِموا بالصَّبِيّ، فَيَدَعُهُ حَتَّى يَقضِيَ بَولَهُ، ثُمَّ يُفرِغُ لَهُ مِن دُعائِهِ أو تَسمِيَتِهِ، ويَبلُغُ سُرورُ أهلِهِ فيهِ، ولا يَرَونَ أَنَّهُ يَتَأذَّى بِبَولِ صَبِيِّهِم، فَإِذا انصَرَفوا غَسَلَ ثَوبَهُ بَعدُ

202. مسند ابن حنبل عن عائشة: كانَ رَسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وآله يُؤتى‏ بِالصِّبيانِ فَيَدعُو لَهُم، وإنَّهُ أُتِيَ بِصَبِيّ فَبالَ عَلَيهِ، فَقالَ رَسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وآله: صُبُّوا عَلَيهِ الماءَ صَبّاً

Notes

1. al-Amali, by al-Saduq, p. 496, h. 678, narrating from Abu Khalid al-Ka’bi from Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.). Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 104, p. 106, h. 1.

2. al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 514, h. 2, narrating from Abu Basir from Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.). Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 22, p. 146, h. 138. al-Mu’jam al-Kabir, vol. 8, p. 253, h. 7989, narrating from Abu UmÁmah. Kanz al-Ummal, vol. 16, p. 407, h. 45133.

3. ‘Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha (a.s.), vol. 2, p. 34, h. 69. Sahifah al-Imam al-Ridha (a.s.), p. 101, h. 42. Both narrating from Ahmad ibn ‘Amir ibn Sulayman al-Ta’i from Imam al-Ridha (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.).

4. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 40, h. 1. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 8, p. 108, h. 365. Both narrating from Talhah ibn Zaid from Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.). Kitab Man la Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. 3, p. 475, h. 4663.

5. Qur’an, 2:233.

6. Qur’an, 31:14.

7. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 40, h. 3. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 8, p. 106, h. 357. Kitab Man la Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. 3, p. 474, h. 4661. All narrating from Sama’ah.

8. Qurb al-Isnad, p. 93, h. 312, narrating from al-Husayn ibn ‘Alwan from Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) from his father (a.s.). Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 103 p. 323, h. 10.

9. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 44, h. 10, narrating from Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim from Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.).

10. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 44, h. 12, narrating from Muhammad ibn Marwan. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 8, p. 110, h. 376, narrating from al-Haytham ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan.

11. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 44, h. 13. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 8, p. 110, h. 377. Kitab Man la Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. 3, p. 478, h. 4677. All narrating from Zurarah.

12. al-Khisal, p. 615, h. 10, narrating from Abu Basir and Muhammad ibn Muslim from Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.). Tuhaf al-’Uqul, p. 105. Makarim al-Akhlaq, vol. 1, p. 479, h. 1655. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 323, h. 9.

13. ‘Uyun Akhbar al-Ridha (a.s.), vol. 2, p. 34, h. 67. Sahifah al-Imam al-Ridha (a.s.), p. 100, h. 41. Both narrating from Ahmad ibn ‘Amir al-Ta’i from Imam al-Ridha (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.).

14. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 43, h. 8. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 8, p. 110, h. 375. Kitab Man la Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. 3, p. 478, h. 4679. All narrating from Muhammad ibn Qays.

15. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 42, h. 1. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 8, p. 108, h. 367. Da’a’im al-Islam, vol. 2, p. 242, h. 911, narrating from the Prophet (s.a.w.).

16. al-Amali, by al-Tusi, p. 362, h. 753, narrating from ‘Ali ibn ‘Ali al-Di’bali from Imam al-Ridha (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.) from al-Nazal ibn Sirah. Makarim al-Akhlaq, vol. 1, p. 371, h. 1227.

17. al-Mahasin, vol. 2, p. 360, h. 2254, narrating from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 66, p. 164, h. 47.

18. Pulverized wheat or barly mixed with sugar and flavoured with cardamoms.

19. al-Mahasin, vol. 2, p. 287, h. 1938. Makarim al-Akhlaq, vol. 1, p. 418, h. 1415. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 66, p. 276, h. 7.

20. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 3, p. 274, h. 796. al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 48, h. 4. Both narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Sinan.

21. Makarim al-Akhlaq, vol. 1, p. 65, h. 68. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 16, p. 240.

22. Musnad Ibn Hanbal, vol. 9, p. 299, h. 24247. Musnad Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, vol. 2, p. 116, h. 587.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[SECTION 01] 18

1. TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. PRESUPPOSITIONALIST (I) 18

2. COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (I) 18

3. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I) 18

4. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II) 18

5. MODAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 18

6. ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, a.k.a. TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I) 18

7. ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II) 18

8. ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (I) 19

9. MORAL ARGUMENT (I) 19

10. MORAL ARGUMENT (II) 19

11. ARGUMENT FROM CREATION, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (I) 19

12. ARGUMENT FROM FEAR 19

13. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE 19

14. ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENCE 19

15. ARGUMENT FROM UNINTELLIGENCE 19

16. ARGUMENT FROM BELIEF 20

17. ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION, a.k.a. TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA'S ARGUMENT 20

18. PARENTAL ARGUMENT 20

19. ARGUMENT FROM NUMBERS 20

20. ARGUMENT FROM ABSURDITY 20

21. ARGUMENT FROM ECONOMY 20

22. BOATWRIGHT'S ARGUMENT 20

23. DORE'S ARGUMENT 20

24. ARGUMENT FROM GUITAR MASTERY 20

25. ARGUMENT FROM INTERNET AUTHORITY 20

26. ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPREHENSIBILITY 20

27. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN EVANGELISM 20

28. MITCHELL'S ARGUMENT 21

29. ARGUMENT FROM BLINDNESS (I) 21

30. ARGUMENT FROM BLINDNESS (II) 21

31. ARGUMENT FROM FALLIBILITY 21

32. ARGUMENT FROM SMUGNESS 21

33. ARGUMENT FROM META-SMUGNESS 21

34. ARGUMENT FROM MANIFESTATIONS 21

35. SLATHER'S ARGUMENT 21

36. ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPLETE DEVASTATION 21

37. ARGUMENT FROM POSSIBLE WORLDS 21

38. ARGUMENT FROM SHEER WILL 22

39. ARGUMENT FROM NONBELIEF 22

40. ARGUMENT FROM POST-DEATH EXPERIENCE 22

41. ARGUMENT FROM EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL 22

42. ARGUMENT FROM SACRIFICIAL BLACKMAIL 22

43. ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENT BABBLE 22

44. OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (I) 22

45. OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (II) 22

46. CALVIN'S ARGUMENT, a.k.a. TERTULLIAN'S ARGUMENT 22

47. ARGUMENT FROM CROCKERY 22

48. ARGUMENT FROM MASS PRODUCTION 23

49. ARGUMENT FROM PAROCHIALISM 23

50. ARGUMENT FROM UPPERCASE ASSERTION 23

51. ARGUMENT FROM INFINITE REGRESS, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (II) 23

52. ARGUMENT FROM INCREDULITY (II) 23

53. ARGUMENT FROM HISTORY 23

54. ARGUMENT FROM RESURRECTION 23

55. ARGUMENT FROM BIOGENESIS 23

56. ARGUMENT FROM STEADFAST FAITH 23

57. ARGUMENT FROM LONELINESS 23

58. ARGUMENT FROM ARGUMENTATION 24

59. ARGUMENT FROM CREATIVE INTERPRETATION 24

60. ARGUMENT FROM INSECURITY 24

61. ARGUMENT FROM SUPERIORITY 24

62. ARGUMENT FROM ABSOLUTE MORAL STANDARDS 24

63. ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN NECESSITY 24

64. ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (I) 25

65. ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (II) 25

66. ARGUMENT FROM INDULGENCE 25

67. ARGUMENT FROM HATE 25

68. ARGUMENT FROM DENIAL OF QUENTIN SMITH 25

69. ARGUMENT FROM EVIL SPIRITS 25

70. KENT HOVIND'S ARGUMENT 25

71. ARGUMENT FROM KENT HOVIND'S CHALLENGE 26

72. ARGUMENT FROM INSANITY 26

73. ARGUMENT FROM EXHAUSTION (abridged) 26

74. MR. GOODSALT'S ARGUMENT (ARGUMENT FROM GENERAL INQUIRY) 26

75. PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM ORIGINALITY 27

76. PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM LIMITED VOCABULARY 27

77. PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM SELECTIVE MEMORY 27

78. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE ECONOMICS 27

79. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL SANITY 27

80. ARGUMENT FROM INSTITUTIONAL LONGETIVITY 27

81. ARGUMENT FROM INEVITABILITY 27

82. ARGUMENT FROM "THE MATRIX" 27

83. ARGUMENT FROM SUBJECTIVITY 28

84. ARGUMENT FROM POSTMODERNISM 28

85. META-PROOF 28

86. PROOF BY ANECDOTE 28

87. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL HISTORY 28

88. BENDER’S ARGUMENT (I) 28

89. BENDER’S ARGUMENT (II) (ARGUMENT FROM DAVID BLAINE) 28

90. RANDMAN’S ARGUMENT 29

91. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (I), a.k.a. METACROCK'S ARGUMENT 29

92. ARGUMENT FROM FORTUITOUS COINCIDENCE 29

93. ARGUMENT FROM MYSTERIOUS USE OF PREPOSITIONS 29

94. ARGUMENT FROM TEEN CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT 29

95. ARGUMENT FROM SPEAKING IN TONGUES 29

96. ARGUMENT FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY 29

97. ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, a.k.a. PALEY'S ARGUMENT, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (III) 29

98. ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, a.k.a. GOD OF THE GAPS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (IV), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (III) 30

99. ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSE 30

100. ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER (I) 30

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101. ARGUMENT FROM AGNOSTICISM 31

102. ARGUMENT FROM LOVE 31

103. ARGUMENT FROM IDENTITY (PC ARGUMENT) 31

104. ARGUMENT FROM FORMATTING 31

105. ARGUMENT FROM NON-CONFRONTATION 31

106. ARGUMENT FROM EXODUS 31

107. ARGUMENT FROM MARTYRDOM 32

108. ARGUMENT FROM TINKERBELL 32

109. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF DISPROOF, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM SHIFTED BURDEN OF PROOF 32

110. ARGUMENT FROM ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE (I) 32

111. ARGUMENT FROM ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE (II) 32

112. ARGUMENT FROM NEUROSCIENCE 32

113. ARGUMENT FROM EYEWITNESS (SOMETIMES FOLLOWS OR COMBINED WITH LACK OF EYEWITNESS I) 32

114. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EYEWITNESS (I) 32

115. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EYEWITNESS (II) 33

116. ARGUMENT FROM HALF A WING 33

117. ARGUMENT FROM PREFERRED ANCESTRY 33

118. ARGUMENT FROM FOOLISHNESS 33

119. ARGUMENT FROM PIG'S TOOTH 33

120. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (I) 33

121. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (II) 33

122. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (III) 33

123. ARGUMENT FROM JESUS SAID STUFF 33

124. ARGUMENT FROM DIFFERENCES 33

125. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN MORALITY (altho it could probably be adapted to just about any religion) 33

126. ARGUMENT FROM CRAZINESS, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (I) 34

127. MRS. POPE'S ARGUMENT FROM CHOCOLATE 34

128. ARGUMENT FROM WWJD 34

129. ARGUMENT FROM INTEREST 34

130. REID’S ARGUMENT 34

131. ARGUMENT FROM INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY 34

132. ARGUMENT FROM CATCH-PHRASE, a.k.a. INVERSE TRUE SCOTSMAN ARGUMENT 35

133. TERCEL’S ARGUMENT FROM PROBABILITY 35

134. ARGUMENT FROM FREE GIFT, a.k.a. KISSING HANK'S ASS (I) 35

135. ARGUMENT FROM CHARITY 35

136. ARGUMENT FROM SERIOUS ASSERTION 35

137. ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE OUTCOME 35

138. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (I) 35

139. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (II) (MODIFIED SIMPSON’S ARGUMENT) 35

140. ARGUMENT FROM IDIOCY 36

141. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (I) 36

142. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (II) 36

143. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (III), a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (II) 36

144. ARGUMENT FROM MASS MURDER 36

145. ARGUMENT FROM TORNADOS 36

146. ARGUMENT FROM SPAGHETTI 36

147. ARGUMENT FROM MONEY 36

148. ARGUMENT FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (I) 36

149. ARGUMENT FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS (I) 37

150. ARGUMENT FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS (II) 37

151. ARGUMENT FROM THE FALL OF PAGAN ROME 37

152. ARGUMENT FROM LOTS OF BOOKS 37

153. ARGUMENT FROM UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS (I) (argument from sacrifice) 37

154. ARGUMENT FROM UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS (II) (argument from resurrection) 38

155. ARGUMENT FROM BRUTE FORCE 38

156. ARGUMENT FROM TROY 38

157. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PROPHECY (I) 38

158. ARGUMENT FROM SHAME 38

159. ARGUMENT FROM EQUAL VALUE (PC ARGUMENT II) 38

160. ARGUMENT FROM MODERATION (OFTEN EMPLOYED BY LIBERALS) 38

161. ARGUMENT FROM JACK CHICK 39

162. HENRY MORRIS' ARGUMENT FROM EVIDENTIAL ASSERTION 39

163. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF MEANNESS 39

164. ARGUMENT FROM WE ALL GOT FAITH 39

165. ARGUMENT FROM COOLNESS 39

166. ARGUMENT FROM WTC, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (III) 39

167. ARGUMENT FROM COLLEGE FUNDING (for parents and grandparents) 39

168. ARGUMENT FROM SNOWFLAKES, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (V) 39

169. ARGUMENT FROM CUSTODY 40

170. ARGUMENT FROM FIDEISM, a.k.a. MARTIN GARDNER'S ARGUMENT 40

171. ARGUMENT FROM PEPPER'S PHILOSOPHY CLASS, a.k.a. THE ENERGY ARGUMENT 40

172. ARGUMENT FROM A BAD TRIP 40

173. ARGUMENT FROM A GOOD TRIP 40

174. ARGUMENT FROM STUPIDITY 40

175. ARGUMENT FROM STAR TREK 40

176. ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER (II) 41

177. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 41

178. ARGUMENT FROM PAIN AVOIDANCE 41

179. ARGUMENT FROM MOUNTAINS 41

180. ARGUMENT FROM FUZZY ANIMALS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (VI) 41

181. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY 41

182. W'S ARGUMENT FROM PRESIDENTIAL IGNORANCE 41

183. ARGUMENT FROM COINCIDENCE 41

184. ARGUMENT FROM COMPUTERS 42

185. ARGUMENT FROM INVISIBILITY 42

186. ARGUMENT FROM RAIN, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (III) 42

187. METACROCK'S ARGUMENT FOR GOD (I) 42

188. METACROCK'S ARGUMENT FOR GOD (II) 42

189. ARGUMENT FROM BEER (I) 42

190. ARGUMENT FROM BEER (II) 42

191. ARGUMENT FROM MONKEYS 43

192. ARGUMENT FROM C.S. LEWIS 43

193. ARGUMENT FROM UNIVERSAL DESTRUCTION 43

194. ARGUMENT FROM DEAD FIREFIGHTERS 43

195. ARGUMENT FROM TODD BEAMER 43

196. ARGUMENT FROM FALWELL 43

197. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTISTS 43

198. ARGUMENT FROM FLOWERS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (VII) 43

199. ARGUMENT FROM INSTRUMENTATION 43

200. ARGUMENT FROM QUANTUM PHYSICS 44

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201. ARGUMENT FROM THE 2nd LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (I) 45

202. ARGUMENT FROM SONG 45

203. ARGUMENT FROM APOLOGETICS WEBPAGES 45

204. ARGUMENT FROM COMFORT 45

205. BILL O'REILLY'S ARGUMENT (I) 45

206. ARGUMENT FROM EXISTENTIAL LONELINESS 45

207. ARGUMENT FROM SINS I LIKE, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (IV) 46

208. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN SOLIPSISM 46

209. The ARGUMENT FROM THE THRONE ROOM 46

210. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF IMAGINATION 46

211. ARGUMENT FROM WOW 46

212. ARGUMENT FROM ARMCHAIR PSYCHOANALYSIS 46

213. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE IGNORED 47

214. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE NOT IGNORED 47

215. ARGUMENT FROM COUNTERFACTUAL EVIDENCE 47

216. ARGUMENT FROM UNSEEN MIRACLES 47

217. ARGUMENT FROM WIND 47

218. ARGUMENT FROM WARREN ROBINETT 47

219. GOODY2SHOES' ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSIVENESS 47

220. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (II), a.k.a. TERCEL'S ARGUMENT (II) 48

221. ARGUMENT FROM TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES 48

222. ARGUMENT FROM ABUSING THE BODY 48

223. ARGUMENT FROM ECSTASY (I) (used by a number of saints) 48

224. ARGUMENT FROM FEELING LOVE ALL AROUND, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (V) 49

225. ARGUMENT FROM MUSIC / ART 49

226. ARGUMENT FROM SADISM (I) 49

227. ARGUMENT FROM SADISM (II), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MISOGYNY 49

228. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (II) 49

229. WILLIAM JAMES' ARGUMENT 49

230. PASCAL'S ARGUMENT, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (I) 49

231. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PRESERVATION 50

232. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PROPHECY (II) 50

233. ARGUMENT FROM STEWARDSHIP 50

234. ARGUMENT FROM THE 2nd LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (II) 50

235. ARGUMENT FROM UNICORNS 50

236. ARGUMENT FROM THE MEANING OF LIFE (I) 50

237. ARGUMENT FROM LOGIC 50

238. VELIKOVSKY'S ARGUMENT 50

239. ARGUMENT FROM CAN'T-BE-A-RACIST 50

240. ARGUMENT FROM JESUS’ TORTURE 51

241. ARGUMENT FROM SEVERABILITY, a.k.a. THE TRUE SCOTSMAN ARGUMENT 51

242. ARGUMENT FROM BECAUSE 51

243. ELABORATED ARGUMENT FROM BECAUSE 51

244. TAFFY LEWIS' ARGUMENT FROM "LET'S JUST BELIEVE" 51

245. ARGUMENT FROM UNIQUE EXISTENCE 51

246. TAFFY LEWIS' ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE 52

247. ARGUMENT FROM RIGHTS 52

248. ARGUMENT FROM FUTURE EVIDENCE (I) 52

249. ARGUMENT FROM POSTULATE 52

250. ARGUMENT FROM POOR TYPING SKILLS 52

251. ARGUMENT FROM UNTRANSLATED OLD FRENCH 52

252. ARGUMENT FROM CLEVER USE OF VOCABULARY 53

253. ARGUMENT FROM IGNORANCE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (IV) 53

254. ARGUMENT FROM CHURCH 53

255. ARGUMENT FROM PHOTO-OP, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (II) 53

256. ARGUMENT FROM DEFENESTRATION 53

257. ARGUMENT FROM MUSHROOMS 54

258. ARGUMENT FROM FALSE MYTHOLOGY 54

259. ARGUMENT FROM ACCUSATION 54

260. ARGUMENT FROM NOT-BELIEVING 54

261. RAY COMFORT'S ARGUMENT FROM BANANAS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (VIII) 54

262. PAT ROBERTSON'S ARGUMENT FROM METEORS a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALITY (I) 54

263. ARGUMENT FROM COAL MINERS (I) 55

264. ARGUMENT FROM COAL MINERS (II), a.k.a. YOU ONLY HEAR FROM THE SURVIVORS (I) 55

265. ARGUMENT FROM AIRPLANE CRASH, a.k.a. YOU ONLY HEAR FROM THE SURVIVORS (II) 55

266. ARGUMENT FROM YOUTH GROUP MINISTER 55

267. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INABILITY 55

268. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL ABILITY 55

269. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE OPPOSITION 55

270. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE OPPOSITION AS USED BY A YOUTH GROUP MINISTER 55

271. ARGUMENT FROM BUFFALO, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (IX) 56

272. ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY 56

273. ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY ACCEPTED, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (IV) 56

274. ARGUMENT FROM NEW AGEYNESS 56

275. ARGUMENT FROM ROUNDNESS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (X) 56

276. ARGUMENT FROM FAITH EQUIVALENCY 56

277. ARGUMENT FROM IMPLIED BEAUTY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XI) 57

278. ARGUMENT FROM BRAINWASHING 57

279. ARGUMENT FROM COMMUNISM 57

280. ARGUMENT FROM GOOD AND BAD BEHAVIOR 57

281. ARGUMENT FROM BEER (III) 57

282. ARGUMENT FROM TAXATION 57

283. ARGUMENT FROM GOD'S PLAN, a.k.a. GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS 57

284. ARGUMENT FROM HAULING ASS 58

285. ARGUMENT FROM BAPTIST BOARD, , a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (V) 58

286. ARGUMENTUM AD TINKERTOYUM, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XII) 58

287. ARGUMENT FROM HOSPITAL, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (II) 58

288. ARGUMENT FROM WEIRD 59

289. ARGUMENT FROM ALIENS 59

290. ARGUMENT FROM REVELATION 59

291. ARGUMENT FROM FORCE (I) 59

292. ARGUMENT FROM NAZIISM (INVERSE-GODWIN) 59

293. ARGUMENT FROM UNCONSCIOUS THEISM 59

294. ARGUMENT FROM COMMUNICATION FROM GOD 59

295. ARGUMENT FROM COLTRANE 60

296. ARGUMENT FROM GEORGE HARRISON 60

297. ARGUMENT FROM BEING A CATHOLIC 60

298. ARGUMENT FROM GAME THEORY, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (II) 60

299. "TRUE BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT" ARGUMENT 60

300. ARGUMENT FROM BUZZWORDS 61

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301. ARGUMENT FROM THINGS HURT (I) 62

302. ARGUMENT FROM THINGS HURT (II) 62

303. EXISTENTIAL ARGUMENT FROM EVIL / ARGUMENT FROM POWER / ARGUMENT FROM GUNS (I) 62

304. ARGUMENT FROM RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY 62

305. ARGUMENT FROM RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE 62

306. ARGUMENT FROM INDIGENOUS FOLKS 63

307. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID CATS 63

308. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (I) 63

309. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (II) 63

310. LUVLUV'S ARGUMENT FROM THE PAIN PLAN 63

311. ARGUMENT FROM GUNS (II) 63

312. ARGUMENT FROM MONTY PYTHON 63

313. ARGUMENT FROM WAR 63

314. ARGUMENT FROM ELVIS (ADAPTED FROM A CHURCH SIGN) 64

315. LINGUAL ARGUMENT 64

316. DIVINE POWERS ARGUMENT 64

317. ARGUMENT FROM OPPRESSION (RELATED TO THE VARIOUS ARGUMENTS FROM OFFENSIVENESS) 64

318. ARGUMENT FROM WHEAT 64

319. ARGUMENT FROM WARM AND FUZZY THINGS 64

320. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (II) 64

321. GEORGE W. BUSH'S ARGUMENT FROM AMERICA 65

322. KARL MARX'S ARGUMENT FROM MASSIVE OPIATES 65

323. KING JOSIAH'S ARGUMENT 65

324. ASHCROFT'S ARGUMENT 65

325. ARGUMENT FROM "IT'S MY BALL AND YOU CAN'T PLAY" 65

326. ARGUMENT FROM DISCOMFORT 65

327. ARGUMENT FROM ARTIFACT 65

328. ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES (I) 65

329. ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES (II) 65

330. ARGUMENT FROM A VIDEO I WATCHED WITH MY DAD 66

331. ARGUMENT FROM WHAT YEAR IT IS 66

332. ARGUMENT FROM GOD-CENTRISM 66

333. ARGUMENT FROM UNKNOWN QUALITIES 66

334. ARGUMENT FROM FORGIVING MISGUIDEDNESS 66

335. ARGUMENT FROM FEELING GOD'S PRESENCE 66

336. ARGUMENT FROM WHAT MAKES SENSE 66

337. ARGUMENT FROM WHAT MAKES SENSE, ADDENDUM 67

338. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (I), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (VI) 67

339. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (II), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (VII) 67

340. ARGUMENT FROM PEPPERED MOTHS 67

341. ARGUMENT FROM GOD IS LIKE A RADIO SIGNAL, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS 67

342. ARGUMENT FROM AGNOSTICISM IN INDIA 68

343. ARGUMENT FROM BESTSELLERDOM 68

344. JOSH MCDOWELL'S MODIFIED TRILEMMA ARGUMENT 68

345. ARGUMENT FROM ANARCHY 68

346. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE RIGHT 68

347. ARGUMENT FROM SQUARE CIRCLES 68

348. ARGUMENT FROM DICTATORSHIP 68

349. MARTIN LUTHER'S ARGUMENT FROM TERROR 68

350. ARGUMENT FROM MEANING (II) 68

351. ARGUMENT FROM MEANING (III) 69

352. ARGUMENT FROM RIGHT AND WRONG (I) 69

353. ARGUMENT FROM DOSTOEVSKY, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM RIGHT AND WRONG (II) (see Dostoevsky Didn't Say It) 69

354. ARGUMENT FROM DESTINY 69

355. ARGUMENT FROM SEMANTIC UNCERTAINTY 69

356. ARGUMENT FROM TROUBLESOMENESS 69

357. WAYSON'S ARGUMENT 69

358. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE THEOLOGY, or THAT'S ONE REALLY BIG HOLE YOU'VE GOT THERE IN YOUR GROUND OF BEING 69

359. ARGUMENT FROM EXCESSIVE STUPIDITY 70

360. ARGUMENT FROM ALGEBRA, a.k.a. EULER'S ARGUMENT TO DIDEROT 70

361. ARGUMENT FROM RATIONALITY, a.k.a. PRESUPPOSITIONALIST or TRANSCENDENTAL (II) 70

362. ARGUMENT FROM NAZI DECEPTION 70

363. ARGUMENT FROM NAZI EVIL 70

364. ARGUMENT FROM DARWINIAN DIVINITY 70

365. ARGUMENT FROM BAD NEIGHBORS 70

366. ARGUMENT FROM ANAL FRUSTRATION 71

367. ARGUMENT FROM YOU ARE ALWAYS LOVED 71

368. ARGUMENT FROM GOD WILL PROVIDE 71

369. ARGUMENT FROM NOT CONTRADICTING SUPERNATURALISM 71

370. ARGUMENT FROM DON'T BE IMPRISONED BY YOUR OWN LOGIC 71

371. ARGUMENT FROM LEFT TURN OUT OF McDONALD'S 71

372. ARGUMENT FROM EAR SHAPE 71

373. ARGUMENT FROM M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN 72

374. ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENCY 72

375. ARGUMENT FROM YOU'RE TOO NICE 72

376. DAN QUAYLE'S ARGUMENT 72

377. BILL CLINTON'S ARGUMENT 72

378. JOHNNY COCHRAN'S ARGUMENT 72

379. GEORGE W. BUSH'S ARGUMENT 72

380. GODEL'S ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPLETENESS 72

381. MINIMALISTIC ARGUMENT 73

382. PLUMBER'S ARGUMENT 73

383. THE SOUP NAZI'S ARGUMENT 73

384. GOD'S MOTHER'S ARGUMENT 73

385. ARGUMENT FROM CLASSIFIED ADS 73

386. ARGUMENT FROM DAUGHTER 73

387. ARGUMENT FROM SON 73

388. ARGUMENT FROM SPOUSE 73

389. ARGUMENT FROM LONG SILENCE 73

390. ARGUMENT FROM FOOD CHAIN 73

391. ARGUMENT FROM UNDERSTANDING 74

392. ARGUMENT FROM ALIENS 74

393. ARGUMENT FROM SURVIVAL OF THE STUPID 74

394. ARGUMENT FROM DESTRUCTIVE CAPABILITY 74

395. ARGUMENT FROM HUME (BRITT, NOT DAVID) 74

396. ARGUMENT FROM JESUS LOVES ME 74

397. ARGUMENT FROM THE LOTTERY 74

398. ARGUMENT FROM AMBROSIA 74

399. ARGUMENT FROM HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY 75

400. ARGUMENT FROM PULP FICTION 75

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401. ARGUMENT FROM VOLTAIRE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSARY INVENTION 76

402. ARGUMENT FROM NIETZSCHE 76

403. ARGUMENT FROM FIGHT CLUB 76

404. ARGUMENT FROM BASELESS CLAIM 76

405. ARGUMENT FROM COMPLEXITY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XIII) 76

406. ARGUMENT FROM SOME JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AT PERCHANCE'S DOOR (ULTRA-CONDENSED VERSION) 76

407. ARGUMENT FROM 2+2=4 77

408. FERMAT'S LAST ARGUMENT 77

409. ARGUMENT FROM INTUITION 77

410. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF AN ARGUMENT (I) 77

411. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF AN ARGUMENT (II) 77

412. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF AN ARGUMENT (III) 77

413. ARGUMENT FROM LENGTH 78

414. TERCEL'S ARGUMENT FROM MYTH GESTATION TIME 78

415. McCARTHY'S ARGUMENT 78

416. ETERNAL'S ARGUMENT FROM GENITALIA 78

417. ARGUMENT FROM EXPERIENCE 78

418. ARGUMENT FROM UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 78

419. ARGUMENT FROM CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM 78

420. ARGUMENT FROM MISDEFINITION OF A RELIGION 78

421. ARGUMENT FROM ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES 79

422. ARGUMENT FROM QUOTE MINING 79

423. ARGUMENT FROM IDIOTS AT THE DOOR 79

424. ARGUMENT FROM SNOTTY BRITISH BIOLOGIST 79

425. ARGUMENT FROM OPENING OF MOUTH 79

426. JOAN OF ARC'S ARGUMENT 79

427. ARGUMENT FROM STUDENT PAPERS 79

428. ARGUMENT FROM STUDENT PAPERS (II) 80

429. ARGUMENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S REALITY 80

430. ARGUMENT FROM "OFFICE SPACE" 80

431. ARGUMENT FROM "AMERICAN BEAUTY" (I) 80

432. ARGUMENT FROM "AMERICAN BEAUTY" (II) 80

433. ARGUMENT FROM THE TGE PROJECT 80

434. ARGUMENT FROM KEVIN BACON 80

435. ARGUMENT FROM MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE RADIO 80

436. ARGUMENT FROM THE FORCE 80

437. ARGUMENT FROM "I WAS A SICK SON OF A BITCH" 81

438. ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENT WEB DESIGN 81

439. ARGUMENT FROM UNINTELLIGENT WEB DESIGN 81

440. ARGUMENT FROM CONTRADICTION 81

441. ARGUMENT FROM MESSED UP TRINITARIAN REASONING 81

442. THE INEVITABLE ARGUMENT FROM HOMER SIMPSON 81

443. ARGUMENT FROM "24" 81

444. ARGUMENT FROM POT 82

445. ARGUMENT FROM TASTY ANIMALS 82

446. ELRIC'S ARGUMENT FROM QUICK DEATH (TM) 82

447. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALS (II) 82

448. ARGUMENT FROM ABSURDITY 82

449. ARGUMENT FROM BULLY 82

450. ARGUMENT FROM RANDOM COUNTERPOINT 82

451. ARGUMENT FROM ASSHOLE 82

452. AUDREY MEYER'S ARGUMENT FROM IGNORANCE 82

453. ARGUMENT FROM STAR TREK (II) 83

454. JOB 19:25's ARGUMENT FROM GRATUITOUS SUFFERING 83

455. ARGUMENT FROM PORN 83

456. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL EMPLOYMENT 83

457. GILDA RADNER'S ARGUMENT 83

458. ARGUMENT FROM MATHEMATICIANS 83

459. ARGUMENT FROM PENIS ENLARGEMENT 84

460. ARGUMENT FROM CONSEQUENCES OF THE ABSURD (THE MOST IRREFUTABLE ARGUMENT) 84

461. VANDERZYDEN'S ARGUMENT FROM SECRET KNOWLEDGE 84

462. ARGUMENT FROM OSAMA 84

463. ARGUMENT FROM ENGINEERING 84

464. GEMMA THERESE'S ARGUMENT FROM THE WONDERFUL NATURE OF MONKS AND NUNS 85

465. ARGUMENT FROM IRS DIFFICULTY 85

466. ARGUMENT FROM REPETITION 85

467. ARGUMENT FROM IMPERFECT REPETITION 85

468. ARGUMENT FROM NOAH'S ARK 85

469. ARGUMENT FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA 85

470. ARGUMENT FROM WORDS I MADE UP 86

471. ARGUMENT FROM SALAD BAR 86

472. SILENT DAVE'S ARGUMENT 86

473. CHICKEN GIRL'S ARGUMENT 86

474. ARGUMENT FROM SKEWED ASSUMPTIONS 86

475. ARGUMENT FROM ANGER 86

476. ARGUMENT FROM SELF-EVIDENCE 86

477. ARGUMENT FROM SELF-EVIDENCE, ABRIDGED 86

478. ARGUMENT FROM CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF OBJECTIVE MORALS 87

479. ARGUMENT FROM NERVOUS SCIENTISTS 87

480. ARGUMENT FROM EMINEM 87

481. ARGUMENT FROM THIS WONDERFUL HISTORIAN 87

482. CHRISTMAS ARGUMENT 87

483. ARGUMENT FROM PROBABLE PROOF 88

484. ARGUMENT FROM EGO 88

485. ARGUMENT FROM FLUFFY CATS IN SUNLIGHT 88

486. ARGUMENT FROM LEGOLAS (TEENAGED GIRL'S ARGUMENT) 88

487. ARGUMENT FROM OVERSTRESSED TEACHING ASSISTANT 88

488. ARGUMENT FROM T.A. PRAYING OVER PACKED LUNCH 88

489. ARGUMENT FROM NOTHING 88

490. ARGUMENT FROM DESCARTES BASTARDIZES, PART DEUX 89

491. ARGUMENT FROM SALEM WITCH TRIALS 89

492. ARGUMENT FROM "FIELD OF DREAMS" 89

493. ARGUMENT FROM GEORGE MICHAEL 89

494. ARGUMENT FROM COMPLEXITY (II), a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XIV) 89

495. ARGUMENT FROM CHER 89

496. ARGUMENT FROM ENTHUSIASTIC GOSPEL MUSIC a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM BLUES BROTHERS 89

497. ARGUMENT FROM LIGHT SWITCH 89

498. ARGUMENT FROM INTUITION AND CONSCIENCE 90

499. ARGUMENT FROM EVIL ATHEIST BOARD 90

500. YGUY'S ARGUMENT 90

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501. ARGUMENT FROM SPORTS VICTORY (I) 91

502. ARGUMENT FROM SPORTS VICTORY (II) 91

503. ARGUMENT FROM SIGN AT SPORTS GAME 91

504. ARGUMENT FROM BATHROOM 91

505. ARGUMENT FROM POSSIBILITY 91

506. 7th ANGEL'S ARGUMENT (CONDENSED) 91

507. ASYMMETRIC ARGUMENT FROM INDIA 91

508. ARGUMENT FROM PLAYGROUND SOCIAL DYNAMICS 92

509. ARGUMENT FROM BLATANT CHEATING 92

510. DR. LAURA'S ARGUMENT 92

511. ARGUMENT FROM A BILLION DOLLARS 92

512. ARGUMENT FROM KISSING HANK'S ASS (II) 92

513. ARGUMENT FROM RESPECT 92

514. ARGUMENT FROM TIME TRAVEL 92

515. ARGUMENT FROM ROCKET SCIENCE 93

516. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID BUMPER STICKER (I) 93

517. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID BUMPER STICKER (II) 93

518. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID SYMBOL ON CAR 93

519. ARGUMENT FROM GOOGLE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (III) 93

520. ARGUMENT FROM THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 93

521. ARGUMENT FROM MARTIAL KNOWLEDGE / ARGUMENT FROM "THE MATRIX" (II) 93

522. ARGUMENT FROM THE PEOPLE 93

523. META-ARGUMENT (II) 94

524. ARGUMENT FROM THE ROLLING STONES 94

525. ARGUMENT FROM JOHN LENNON 94

526. BOB GREEN'S ARGUMENT FROM THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 94

527. ARGUMENT FROM THE X-FILES 94

528. ARGUMENT FROM JUST MAYBE 94

529. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE 94

530. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSARY FAITH 94

531. TYLER'S ARGUMENT FROM JESSICA ALBA 95

532. ST. AUGUSTINE'S ARGUMENT FROM REASON AND TRUTH, a.k.a. PRESUPPOSITIONALIST (III) 95

533. ST. AUGUSTINE'S ARGUMENT FROM HELL AND ETERNAL TORMENT 95

534. ST. PAUL'S ARGUMENT FROM WRATH OF GOD 95

535. ST. PAUL'S ARGUMENT FROM GOD'S INVISIBLE QUALITIES 95

536. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM CAUSALITY AND INTELLIGENCE, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XV) 95

537. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (III) 96

538. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM SINE QUA NON, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (IV) 96

539. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE NUMBERS, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (V), a.k.a. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (III) 96

540. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE NUMBERS 96

541. ST. THOMAS' ARGUMENT FROM BEGINNING TO TIME, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (VI) 96

542. C. S. LEWIS' ARGUMENT FROM FEELING IN MY BONES, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (VII) 97

543. ST. THOMAS' ARGUMENT FROM PERFECTION, GOODNESS OR VALUE, a.k.a. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (IV) 97

544. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE DIVINE JUSTICE (I) 97

545. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE DIVINE JUSTICE (II) 97

546. ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE DIVINE JUSTICE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSARY FAIRNESS 97

547. ARGUMENT FROM CONSEQUENTIAL DIVINE JUSTICE 97

548. ST. ANSELM’S ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 98

549. ST. ANSELM'S ARGUMENT FROM REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM FOOLS 98

550. ARGUMENT FROM KARMA 99

551. ARGUMENT FROM REVEALED SANSKRIT SCRIPTURES 99

552. ARGUMENT FROM BIG BANG AND QUANTUM MECHANICS 99

553. ARGUMENT FROM CLOTHING 99

554. EVANDER HOLYFIELD'S ARGUMENT FROM BOXING DEFEAT 99

555. EVANDER HOLYFIELD'S ARGUMENT FROM BOXING VICTORY 100

556. ARGUMENT FROM OTHERWISE UNACHIEVABLE DENIAL 100

557. ARGUMENT FROM UNTIDY THEORY OF EVOLUTION 100

558. ARGUMENT FROM EVERYTHING 100

559. ARGUMENT FROM AIR 100

560. ARGUMENT FROM IMPERFECT READING COMPREHENSION 100

561. ARGUMENT FROM MISSING BODY 100

562. BILLY GRAHAM'S ARGUMENT FROM TALKING TO GOD 101

563. ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN BEHAVIOR 101

564. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 101

565. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (III) (INVERSE BABELFISH ARGUMENT) 101

566. SALMA HAYEK'S ARGUMENT FROM BIGGER BOOBS 101

567. ARGUMENT FROM IRRATIONAL CANINE FEARS 101

568. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (III) 101

569. ARGUMENT FROM IMAGINARY LAW OF SCIENCE 101

570. ARGUMENT FROM CERTAINTY 102

571. ARGUMENT FROM IMPACT ON HISTORY 102

572. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (III) 102

573. ARGUMENT FROM ATHEISM 102

574. ARGUMENT FROM LOVE (II) 102

575. ARGUMENT FROM FREE WILL 102

576. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (IV) 103

577. ARGUMENT FROM STRAWMEN 103

578. ARGUMENT FROM PHONECALL 103

579. ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY (CLASSIC FORMULATION) 103

580. ARGUMENT FROM ELIMINATION OF ALL OPPOSING VIEWS, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM FORCE (II), REPEATED 103

581. ARGUMENT FROM CONSENSUS 103

582. ARGUMENT FROM SEXUAL FRUSTRATION 103

583. ARGUMENT BY RACISTS/POLYGAMISTS/CHILD MOLESTERS 104

584. ARGUMENT FROM SPOILED CONSUMERISM 104

585. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE AMAZON RATINGS 104

586. ARGUMENT FROM MATHEMATICAL PROOF 104

587. ARGUMENT FROM OUTSIDE OF FROM TIME, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (VIII) 104

588. ARGUMENT FROM DEAD SAINTS 104

589. PETER O’TOOLE'S ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER 104

590. MARILYN'S ARGUMENT FROM COVERED BUTT, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (III) 105

591. ARGUMENT FROM ARGUMENT REFLEXIVITY 105

592. ARGUMENT FROM QUALITY OF LIFE 105

593. 11th CENTURY's ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT (III) 105

594. ONCOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 105

595. FRED HOYLE'S ARGUMENT FROM IMPROBABILITY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XVI) 105

596. SINNER MINISTRIES' ARGUMENT FROM OBJECTIVE LAWS 105

597. ARGUMENT FROM BATTERED WIFE SYNDROME 106

598. ST AUGUSTINE'S AND ST THOMAS AQUINAS' ARGUMENT FROM APOPHATIC (OBS.) TRADITION 106

599. LADY HOPE'S ARGUMENT FROM DARWIN 106

600. ARGUMENT FROM 4 STEP PERFECT PROOF FOR GOD OF THE BIBLE, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (IX) 106

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601. BIRDUS' ARGUMENT FROM ONE MORE ARGUMENT, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM FUTURE EVIDENCE (II) 107

602. BEHE'S ARGUMENT FROM IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XVII) 107

603. ARGUMENT FROM RISK AVERSION, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (IV) 107

604. BILL O'REILLY'S ARGUMENT (II) 107

605. TROLL'S ARGUMENT FROM "NOT A GAY" a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALITY (III) 107

606. CATHOLIC FORUM'S ARGUMENT FROM SUICIDE 108

607. ARGUMENT FROM OLD MAN WITH WHITE BEARD 108

608. ARGUMENT FROM DIXIELAND ARROGANCE 108

609. ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES (III) 108

610. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALITY (IV) 108

611. ARGUMENT FROM ECSTASY (II) 108

612. ARGUMENT FROM CHANCE ENCOUNTER 108

613. ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENCE 108

614. ARGUMENT FROM SAD CASE 108

615. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSITY OF EVIL, PARAPHRASED FROM ST THOMAS AQUINAS 108

616. ARGUMENT FROM LABELING, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM UNPOPULARITY 109

617. ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER DENIED 109

618. ARGUMENT FROM UNTREATED CLINICAL DEPRESSION 109

619. ARGUMENT FROM GREED AND APATHY 109

620. ARGUMENT FROM TERMINOLOGY, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (IV) 109

621. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (V) (recursive internet edition) 109

622. ARGUMENT FROM ASSUMPTION 110

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. PRESUPPOSITIONALIST (I) 18

2. COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (I) 18

3. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I) 18

4. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II) 18

5. MODAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 18

6. ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, a.k.a. TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I) 18

7. ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II) 18

8. ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (I) 19

9. MORAL ARGUMENT (I) 19

10. MORAL ARGUMENT (II) 19

11. ARGUMENT FROM CREATION, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (I) 19

12. ARGUMENT FROM FEAR 19

13. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE 19

14. ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENCE 19

15. ARGUMENT FROM UNINTELLIGENCE 19

16. ARGUMENT FROM BELIEF 20

17. ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION, a.k.a. TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA'S ARGUMENT 20

18. PARENTAL ARGUMENT 20

19. ARGUMENT FROM NUMBERS 20

20. ARGUMENT FROM ABSURDITY 20

21. ARGUMENT FROM ECONOMY 20

22. BOATWRIGHT'S ARGUMENT 20

23. DORE'S ARGUMENT 20

24. ARGUMENT FROM GUITAR MASTERY 20

25. ARGUMENT FROM INTERNET AUTHORITY 20

26. ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPREHENSIBILITY 20

27. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN EVANGELISM 20

28. MITCHELL'S ARGUMENT 21

29. ARGUMENT FROM BLINDNESS (I) 21

30. ARGUMENT FROM BLINDNESS (II) 21

31. ARGUMENT FROM FALLIBILITY 21

32. ARGUMENT FROM SMUGNESS 21

33. ARGUMENT FROM META-SMUGNESS 21

34. ARGUMENT FROM MANIFESTATIONS 21

35. SLATHER'S ARGUMENT 21

36. ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPLETE DEVASTATION 21

37. ARGUMENT FROM POSSIBLE WORLDS 21

38. ARGUMENT FROM SHEER WILL 22

39. ARGUMENT FROM NONBELIEF 22

40. ARGUMENT FROM POST-DEATH EXPERIENCE 22

41. ARGUMENT FROM EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL 22

42. ARGUMENT FROM SACRIFICIAL BLACKMAIL 22

43. ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENT BABBLE 22

44. OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (I) 22

45. OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (II) 22

46. CALVIN'S ARGUMENT, a.k.a. TERTULLIAN'S ARGUMENT 22

47. ARGUMENT FROM CROCKERY 22

48. ARGUMENT FROM MASS PRODUCTION 23

49. ARGUMENT FROM PAROCHIALISM 23

50. ARGUMENT FROM UPPERCASE ASSERTION 23

51. ARGUMENT FROM INFINITE REGRESS, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (II) 23

52. ARGUMENT FROM INCREDULITY (II) 23

53. ARGUMENT FROM HISTORY 23

54. ARGUMENT FROM RESURRECTION 23

55. ARGUMENT FROM BIOGENESIS 23

56. ARGUMENT FROM STEADFAST FAITH 23

57. ARGUMENT FROM LONELINESS 23

58. ARGUMENT FROM ARGUMENTATION 24

59. ARGUMENT FROM CREATIVE INTERPRETATION 24

60. ARGUMENT FROM INSECURITY 24

61. ARGUMENT FROM SUPERIORITY 24

62. ARGUMENT FROM ABSOLUTE MORAL STANDARDS 24

63. ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN NECESSITY 24

64. ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (I) 25

65. ARGUMENT FROM HIDDEN LOGIC (II) 25

66. ARGUMENT FROM INDULGENCE 25

67. ARGUMENT FROM HATE 25

68. ARGUMENT FROM DENIAL OF QUENTIN SMITH 25

69. ARGUMENT FROM EVIL SPIRITS 25

70. KENT HOVIND'S ARGUMENT 25

71. ARGUMENT FROM KENT HOVIND'S CHALLENGE 26

72. ARGUMENT FROM INSANITY 26

73. ARGUMENT FROM EXHAUSTION (abridged) 26

74. MR. GOODSALT'S ARGUMENT (ARGUMENT FROM GENERAL INQUIRY) 26

75. PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM ORIGINALITY 27

76. PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM LIMITED VOCABULARY 27

77. PEACOCK ARGUMENT FROM SELECTIVE MEMORY 27

78. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE ECONOMICS 27

79. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL SANITY 27

80. ARGUMENT FROM INSTITUTIONAL LONGETIVITY 27

81. ARGUMENT FROM INEVITABILITY 27

82. ARGUMENT FROM "THE MATRIX" 27

83. ARGUMENT FROM SUBJECTIVITY 28

84. ARGUMENT FROM POSTMODERNISM 28

85. META-PROOF 28

86. PROOF BY ANECDOTE 28

87. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL HISTORY 28

88. BENDER’S ARGUMENT (I) 28

89. BENDER’S ARGUMENT (II) (ARGUMENT FROM DAVID BLAINE) 28

90. RANDMAN’S ARGUMENT 29

91. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (I), a.k.a. METACROCK'S ARGUMENT 29

92. ARGUMENT FROM FORTUITOUS COINCIDENCE 29

93. ARGUMENT FROM MYSTERIOUS USE OF PREPOSITIONS 29

94. ARGUMENT FROM TEEN CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT 29

95. ARGUMENT FROM SPEAKING IN TONGUES 29

96. ARGUMENT FROM EUROPEAN HISTORY 29

97. ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, a.k.a. PALEY'S ARGUMENT, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (III) 29

98. ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, a.k.a. GOD OF THE GAPS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (IV), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (III) 30

99. ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSE 30

100. ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER (I) 30

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101. ARGUMENT FROM AGNOSTICISM 31

102. ARGUMENT FROM LOVE 31

103. ARGUMENT FROM IDENTITY (PC ARGUMENT) 31

104. ARGUMENT FROM FORMATTING 31

105. ARGUMENT FROM NON-CONFRONTATION 31

106. ARGUMENT FROM EXODUS 31

107. ARGUMENT FROM MARTYRDOM 32

108. ARGUMENT FROM TINKERBELL 32

109. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF DISPROOF, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM SHIFTED BURDEN OF PROOF 32

110. ARGUMENT FROM ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE (I) 32

111. ARGUMENT FROM ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE (II) 32

112. ARGUMENT FROM NEUROSCIENCE 32

113. ARGUMENT FROM EYEWITNESS (SOMETIMES FOLLOWS OR COMBINED WITH LACK OF EYEWITNESS I) 32

114. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EYEWITNESS (I) 32

115. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EYEWITNESS (II) 33

116. ARGUMENT FROM HALF A WING 33

117. ARGUMENT FROM PREFERRED ANCESTRY 33

118. ARGUMENT FROM FOOLISHNESS 33

119. ARGUMENT FROM PIG'S TOOTH 33

120. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (I) 33

121. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (II) 33

122. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (III) 33

123. ARGUMENT FROM JESUS SAID STUFF 33

124. ARGUMENT FROM DIFFERENCES 33

125. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN MORALITY (altho it could probably be adapted to just about any religion) 33

126. ARGUMENT FROM CRAZINESS, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (I) 34

127. MRS. POPE'S ARGUMENT FROM CHOCOLATE 34

128. ARGUMENT FROM WWJD 34

129. ARGUMENT FROM INTEREST 34

130. REID’S ARGUMENT 34

131. ARGUMENT FROM INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY 34

132. ARGUMENT FROM CATCH-PHRASE, a.k.a. INVERSE TRUE SCOTSMAN ARGUMENT 35

133. TERCEL’S ARGUMENT FROM PROBABILITY 35

134. ARGUMENT FROM FREE GIFT, a.k.a. KISSING HANK'S ASS (I) 35

135. ARGUMENT FROM CHARITY 35

136. ARGUMENT FROM SERIOUS ASSERTION 35

137. ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE OUTCOME 35

138. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (I) 35

139. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (II) (MODIFIED SIMPSON’S ARGUMENT) 35

140. ARGUMENT FROM IDIOCY 36

141. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (I) 36

142. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (II) 36

143. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (III), a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (II) 36

144. ARGUMENT FROM MASS MURDER 36

145. ARGUMENT FROM TORNADOS 36

146. ARGUMENT FROM SPAGHETTI 36

147. ARGUMENT FROM MONEY 36

148. ARGUMENT FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (I) 36

149. ARGUMENT FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS (I) 37

150. ARGUMENT FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS (II) 37

151. ARGUMENT FROM THE FALL OF PAGAN ROME 37

152. ARGUMENT FROM LOTS OF BOOKS 37

153. ARGUMENT FROM UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS (I) (argument from sacrifice) 37

154. ARGUMENT FROM UNLIKE OTHER RELIGIONS (II) (argument from resurrection) 38

155. ARGUMENT FROM BRUTE FORCE 38

156. ARGUMENT FROM TROY 38

157. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PROPHECY (I) 38

158. ARGUMENT FROM SHAME 38

159. ARGUMENT FROM EQUAL VALUE (PC ARGUMENT II) 38

160. ARGUMENT FROM MODERATION (OFTEN EMPLOYED BY LIBERALS) 38

161. ARGUMENT FROM JACK CHICK 39

162. HENRY MORRIS' ARGUMENT FROM EVIDENTIAL ASSERTION 39

163. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF MEANNESS 39

164. ARGUMENT FROM WE ALL GOT FAITH 39

165. ARGUMENT FROM COOLNESS 39

166. ARGUMENT FROM WTC, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (III) 39

167. ARGUMENT FROM COLLEGE FUNDING (for parents and grandparents) 39

168. ARGUMENT FROM SNOWFLAKES, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (V) 39

169. ARGUMENT FROM CUSTODY 40

170. ARGUMENT FROM FIDEISM, a.k.a. MARTIN GARDNER'S ARGUMENT 40

171. ARGUMENT FROM PEPPER'S PHILOSOPHY CLASS, a.k.a. THE ENERGY ARGUMENT 40

172. ARGUMENT FROM A BAD TRIP 40

173. ARGUMENT FROM A GOOD TRIP 40

174. ARGUMENT FROM STUPIDITY 40

175. ARGUMENT FROM STAR TREK 40

176. ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER (II) 41

177. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 41

178. ARGUMENT FROM PAIN AVOIDANCE 41

179. ARGUMENT FROM MOUNTAINS 41

180. ARGUMENT FROM FUZZY ANIMALS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (VI) 41

181. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY 41

182. W'S ARGUMENT FROM PRESIDENTIAL IGNORANCE 41

183. ARGUMENT FROM COINCIDENCE 41

184. ARGUMENT FROM COMPUTERS 42

185. ARGUMENT FROM INVISIBILITY 42

186. ARGUMENT FROM RAIN, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (III) 42

187. METACROCK'S ARGUMENT FOR GOD (I) 42

188. METACROCK'S ARGUMENT FOR GOD (II) 42

189. ARGUMENT FROM BEER (I) 42

190. ARGUMENT FROM BEER (II) 42

191. ARGUMENT FROM MONKEYS 43

192. ARGUMENT FROM C.S. LEWIS 43

193. ARGUMENT FROM UNIVERSAL DESTRUCTION 43

194. ARGUMENT FROM DEAD FIREFIGHTERS 43

195. ARGUMENT FROM TODD BEAMER 43

196. ARGUMENT FROM FALWELL 43

197. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTISTS 43

198. ARGUMENT FROM FLOWERS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (VII) 43

199. ARGUMENT FROM INSTRUMENTATION 43

200. ARGUMENT FROM QUANTUM PHYSICS 44

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201. ARGUMENT FROM THE 2nd LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (I) 45

202. ARGUMENT FROM SONG 45

203. ARGUMENT FROM APOLOGETICS WEBPAGES 45

204. ARGUMENT FROM COMFORT 45

205. BILL O'REILLY'S ARGUMENT (I) 45

206. ARGUMENT FROM EXISTENTIAL LONELINESS 45

207. ARGUMENT FROM SINS I LIKE, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (IV) 46

208. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN SOLIPSISM 46

209. The ARGUMENT FROM THE THRONE ROOM 46

210. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF IMAGINATION 46

211. ARGUMENT FROM WOW 46

212. ARGUMENT FROM ARMCHAIR PSYCHOANALYSIS 46

213. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE IGNORED 47

214. ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE NOT IGNORED 47

215. ARGUMENT FROM COUNTERFACTUAL EVIDENCE 47

216. ARGUMENT FROM UNSEEN MIRACLES 47

217. ARGUMENT FROM WIND 47

218. ARGUMENT FROM WARREN ROBINETT 47

219. GOODY2SHOES' ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSIVENESS 47

220. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (II), a.k.a. TERCEL'S ARGUMENT (II) 48

221. ARGUMENT FROM TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES 48

222. ARGUMENT FROM ABUSING THE BODY 48

223. ARGUMENT FROM ECSTASY (I) (used by a number of saints) 48

224. ARGUMENT FROM FEELING LOVE ALL AROUND, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (V) 49

225. ARGUMENT FROM MUSIC / ART 49

226. ARGUMENT FROM SADISM (I) 49

227. ARGUMENT FROM SADISM (II), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MISOGYNY 49

228. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (II) 49

229. WILLIAM JAMES' ARGUMENT 49

230. PASCAL'S ARGUMENT, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (I) 49

231. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PRESERVATION 50

232. ARGUMENT FROM BIBLICAL PROPHECY (II) 50

233. ARGUMENT FROM STEWARDSHIP 50

234. ARGUMENT FROM THE 2nd LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (II) 50

235. ARGUMENT FROM UNICORNS 50

236. ARGUMENT FROM THE MEANING OF LIFE (I) 50

237. ARGUMENT FROM LOGIC 50

238. VELIKOVSKY'S ARGUMENT 50

239. ARGUMENT FROM CAN'T-BE-A-RACIST 50

240. ARGUMENT FROM JESUS’ TORTURE 51

241. ARGUMENT FROM SEVERABILITY, a.k.a. THE TRUE SCOTSMAN ARGUMENT 51

242. ARGUMENT FROM BECAUSE 51

243. ELABORATED ARGUMENT FROM BECAUSE 51

244. TAFFY LEWIS' ARGUMENT FROM "LET'S JUST BELIEVE" 51

245. ARGUMENT FROM UNIQUE EXISTENCE 51

246. TAFFY LEWIS' ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE 52

247. ARGUMENT FROM RIGHTS 52

248. ARGUMENT FROM FUTURE EVIDENCE (I) 52

249. ARGUMENT FROM POSTULATE 52

250. ARGUMENT FROM POOR TYPING SKILLS 52

251. ARGUMENT FROM UNTRANSLATED OLD FRENCH 52

252. ARGUMENT FROM CLEVER USE OF VOCABULARY 53

253. ARGUMENT FROM IGNORANCE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (IV) 53

254. ARGUMENT FROM CHURCH 53

255. ARGUMENT FROM PHOTO-OP, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (II) 53

256. ARGUMENT FROM DEFENESTRATION 53

257. ARGUMENT FROM MUSHROOMS 54

258. ARGUMENT FROM FALSE MYTHOLOGY 54

259. ARGUMENT FROM ACCUSATION 54

260. ARGUMENT FROM NOT-BELIEVING 54

261. RAY COMFORT'S ARGUMENT FROM BANANAS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (VIII) 54

262. PAT ROBERTSON'S ARGUMENT FROM METEORS a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALITY (I) 54

263. ARGUMENT FROM COAL MINERS (I) 55

264. ARGUMENT FROM COAL MINERS (II), a.k.a. YOU ONLY HEAR FROM THE SURVIVORS (I) 55

265. ARGUMENT FROM AIRPLANE CRASH, a.k.a. YOU ONLY HEAR FROM THE SURVIVORS (II) 55

266. ARGUMENT FROM YOUTH GROUP MINISTER 55

267. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INABILITY 55

268. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL ABILITY 55

269. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE OPPOSITION 55

270. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE OPPOSITION AS USED BY A YOUTH GROUP MINISTER 55

271. ARGUMENT FROM BUFFALO, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (IX) 56

272. ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY 56

273. ARGUMENT FROM DENTAL OPPORTUNITY ACCEPTED, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (IV) 56

274. ARGUMENT FROM NEW AGEYNESS 56

275. ARGUMENT FROM ROUNDNESS, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (X) 56

276. ARGUMENT FROM FAITH EQUIVALENCY 56

277. ARGUMENT FROM IMPLIED BEAUTY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XI) 57

278. ARGUMENT FROM BRAINWASHING 57

279. ARGUMENT FROM COMMUNISM 57

280. ARGUMENT FROM GOOD AND BAD BEHAVIOR 57

281. ARGUMENT FROM BEER (III) 57

282. ARGUMENT FROM TAXATION 57

283. ARGUMENT FROM GOD'S PLAN, a.k.a. GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS 57

284. ARGUMENT FROM HAULING ASS 58

285. ARGUMENT FROM BAPTIST BOARD, , a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (V) 58

286. ARGUMENTUM AD TINKERTOYUM, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XII) 58

287. ARGUMENT FROM HOSPITAL, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (II) 58

288. ARGUMENT FROM WEIRD 59

289. ARGUMENT FROM ALIENS 59

290. ARGUMENT FROM REVELATION 59

291. ARGUMENT FROM FORCE (I) 59

292. ARGUMENT FROM NAZIISM (INVERSE-GODWIN) 59

293. ARGUMENT FROM UNCONSCIOUS THEISM 59

294. ARGUMENT FROM COMMUNICATION FROM GOD 59

295. ARGUMENT FROM COLTRANE 60

296. ARGUMENT FROM GEORGE HARRISON 60

297. ARGUMENT FROM BEING A CATHOLIC 60

298. ARGUMENT FROM GAME THEORY, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (II) 60

299. "TRUE BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT" ARGUMENT 60

300. ARGUMENT FROM BUZZWORDS 61

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301. ARGUMENT FROM THINGS HURT (I) 62

302. ARGUMENT FROM THINGS HURT (II) 62

303. EXISTENTIAL ARGUMENT FROM EVIL / ARGUMENT FROM POWER / ARGUMENT FROM GUNS (I) 62

304. ARGUMENT FROM RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY 62

305. ARGUMENT FROM RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE 62

306. ARGUMENT FROM INDIGENOUS FOLKS 63

307. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID CATS 63

308. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (I) 63

309. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (II) 63

310. LUVLUV'S ARGUMENT FROM THE PAIN PLAN 63

311. ARGUMENT FROM GUNS (II) 63

312. ARGUMENT FROM MONTY PYTHON 63

313. ARGUMENT FROM WAR 63

314. ARGUMENT FROM ELVIS (ADAPTED FROM A CHURCH SIGN) 64

315. LINGUAL ARGUMENT 64

316. DIVINE POWERS ARGUMENT 64

317. ARGUMENT FROM OPPRESSION (RELATED TO THE VARIOUS ARGUMENTS FROM OFFENSIVENESS) 64

318. ARGUMENT FROM WHEAT 64

319. ARGUMENT FROM WARM AND FUZZY THINGS 64

320. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (II) 64

321. GEORGE W. BUSH'S ARGUMENT FROM AMERICA 65

322. KARL MARX'S ARGUMENT FROM MASSIVE OPIATES 65

323. KING JOSIAH'S ARGUMENT 65

324. ASHCROFT'S ARGUMENT 65

325. ARGUMENT FROM "IT'S MY BALL AND YOU CAN'T PLAY" 65

326. ARGUMENT FROM DISCOMFORT 65

327. ARGUMENT FROM ARTIFACT 65

328. ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES (I) 65

329. ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES (II) 65

330. ARGUMENT FROM A VIDEO I WATCHED WITH MY DAD 66

331. ARGUMENT FROM WHAT YEAR IT IS 66

332. ARGUMENT FROM GOD-CENTRISM 66

333. ARGUMENT FROM UNKNOWN QUALITIES 66

334. ARGUMENT FROM FORGIVING MISGUIDEDNESS 66

335. ARGUMENT FROM FEELING GOD'S PRESENCE 66

336. ARGUMENT FROM WHAT MAKES SENSE 66

337. ARGUMENT FROM WHAT MAKES SENSE, ADDENDUM 67

338. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (I), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (VI) 67

339. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (II), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (VII) 67

340. ARGUMENT FROM PEPPERED MOTHS 67

341. ARGUMENT FROM GOD IS LIKE A RADIO SIGNAL, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS 67

342. ARGUMENT FROM AGNOSTICISM IN INDIA 68

343. ARGUMENT FROM BESTSELLERDOM 68

344. JOSH MCDOWELL'S MODIFIED TRILEMMA ARGUMENT 68

345. ARGUMENT FROM ANARCHY 68

346. ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE RIGHT 68

347. ARGUMENT FROM SQUARE CIRCLES 68

348. ARGUMENT FROM DICTATORSHIP 68

349. MARTIN LUTHER'S ARGUMENT FROM TERROR 68

350. ARGUMENT FROM MEANING (II) 68

351. ARGUMENT FROM MEANING (III) 69

352. ARGUMENT FROM RIGHT AND WRONG (I) 69

353. ARGUMENT FROM DOSTOEVSKY, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM RIGHT AND WRONG (II) (see Dostoevsky Didn't Say It) 69

354. ARGUMENT FROM DESTINY 69

355. ARGUMENT FROM SEMANTIC UNCERTAINTY 69

356. ARGUMENT FROM TROUBLESOMENESS 69

357. WAYSON'S ARGUMENT 69

358. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE THEOLOGY, or THAT'S ONE REALLY BIG HOLE YOU'VE GOT THERE IN YOUR GROUND OF BEING 69

359. ARGUMENT FROM EXCESSIVE STUPIDITY 70

360. ARGUMENT FROM ALGEBRA, a.k.a. EULER'S ARGUMENT TO DIDEROT 70

361. ARGUMENT FROM RATIONALITY, a.k.a. PRESUPPOSITIONALIST or TRANSCENDENTAL (II) 70

362. ARGUMENT FROM NAZI DECEPTION 70

363. ARGUMENT FROM NAZI EVIL 70

364. ARGUMENT FROM DARWINIAN DIVINITY 70

365. ARGUMENT FROM BAD NEIGHBORS 70

366. ARGUMENT FROM ANAL FRUSTRATION 71

367. ARGUMENT FROM YOU ARE ALWAYS LOVED 71

368. ARGUMENT FROM GOD WILL PROVIDE 71

369. ARGUMENT FROM NOT CONTRADICTING SUPERNATURALISM 71

370. ARGUMENT FROM DON'T BE IMPRISONED BY YOUR OWN LOGIC 71

371. ARGUMENT FROM LEFT TURN OUT OF McDONALD'S 71

372. ARGUMENT FROM EAR SHAPE 71

373. ARGUMENT FROM M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN 72

374. ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENCY 72

375. ARGUMENT FROM YOU'RE TOO NICE 72

376. DAN QUAYLE'S ARGUMENT 72

377. BILL CLINTON'S ARGUMENT 72

378. JOHNNY COCHRAN'S ARGUMENT 72

379. GEORGE W. BUSH'S ARGUMENT 72

380. GODEL'S ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPLETENESS 72

381. MINIMALISTIC ARGUMENT 73

382. PLUMBER'S ARGUMENT 73

383. THE SOUP NAZI'S ARGUMENT 73

384. GOD'S MOTHER'S ARGUMENT 73

385. ARGUMENT FROM CLASSIFIED ADS 73

386. ARGUMENT FROM DAUGHTER 73

387. ARGUMENT FROM SON 73

388. ARGUMENT FROM SPOUSE 73

389. ARGUMENT FROM LONG SILENCE 73

390. ARGUMENT FROM FOOD CHAIN 73

391. ARGUMENT FROM UNDERSTANDING 74

392. ARGUMENT FROM ALIENS 74

393. ARGUMENT FROM SURVIVAL OF THE STUPID 74

394. ARGUMENT FROM DESTRUCTIVE CAPABILITY 74

395. ARGUMENT FROM HUME (BRITT, NOT DAVID) 74

396. ARGUMENT FROM JESUS LOVES ME 74

397. ARGUMENT FROM THE LOTTERY 74

398. ARGUMENT FROM AMBROSIA 74

399. ARGUMENT FROM HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY 75

400. ARGUMENT FROM PULP FICTION 75

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401. ARGUMENT FROM VOLTAIRE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSARY INVENTION 76

402. ARGUMENT FROM NIETZSCHE 76

403. ARGUMENT FROM FIGHT CLUB 76

404. ARGUMENT FROM BASELESS CLAIM 76

405. ARGUMENT FROM COMPLEXITY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XIII) 76

406. ARGUMENT FROM SOME JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AT PERCHANCE'S DOOR (ULTRA-CONDENSED VERSION) 76

407. ARGUMENT FROM 2+2=4 77

408. FERMAT'S LAST ARGUMENT 77

409. ARGUMENT FROM INTUITION 77

410. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF AN ARGUMENT (I) 77

411. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF AN ARGUMENT (II) 77

412. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF AN ARGUMENT (III) 77

413. ARGUMENT FROM LENGTH 78

414. TERCEL'S ARGUMENT FROM MYTH GESTATION TIME 78

415. McCARTHY'S ARGUMENT 78

416. ETERNAL'S ARGUMENT FROM GENITALIA 78

417. ARGUMENT FROM EXPERIENCE 78

418. ARGUMENT FROM UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 78

419. ARGUMENT FROM CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM 78

420. ARGUMENT FROM MISDEFINITION OF A RELIGION 78

421. ARGUMENT FROM ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES 79

422. ARGUMENT FROM QUOTE MINING 79

423. ARGUMENT FROM IDIOTS AT THE DOOR 79

424. ARGUMENT FROM SNOTTY BRITISH BIOLOGIST 79

425. ARGUMENT FROM OPENING OF MOUTH 79

426. JOAN OF ARC'S ARGUMENT 79

427. ARGUMENT FROM STUDENT PAPERS 79

428. ARGUMENT FROM STUDENT PAPERS (II) 80

429. ARGUMENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S REALITY 80

430. ARGUMENT FROM "OFFICE SPACE" 80

431. ARGUMENT FROM "AMERICAN BEAUTY" (I) 80

432. ARGUMENT FROM "AMERICAN BEAUTY" (II) 80

433. ARGUMENT FROM THE TGE PROJECT 80

434. ARGUMENT FROM KEVIN BACON 80

435. ARGUMENT FROM MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE RADIO 80

436. ARGUMENT FROM THE FORCE 80

437. ARGUMENT FROM "I WAS A SICK SON OF A BITCH" 81

438. ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENT WEB DESIGN 81

439. ARGUMENT FROM UNINTELLIGENT WEB DESIGN 81

440. ARGUMENT FROM CONTRADICTION 81

441. ARGUMENT FROM MESSED UP TRINITARIAN REASONING 81

442. THE INEVITABLE ARGUMENT FROM HOMER SIMPSON 81

443. ARGUMENT FROM "24" 81

444. ARGUMENT FROM POT 82

445. ARGUMENT FROM TASTY ANIMALS 82

446. ELRIC'S ARGUMENT FROM QUICK DEATH (TM) 82

447. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALS (II) 82

448. ARGUMENT FROM ABSURDITY 82

449. ARGUMENT FROM BULLY 82

450. ARGUMENT FROM RANDOM COUNTERPOINT 82

451. ARGUMENT FROM ASSHOLE 82

452. AUDREY MEYER'S ARGUMENT FROM IGNORANCE 82

453. ARGUMENT FROM STAR TREK (II) 83

454. JOB 19:25's ARGUMENT FROM GRATUITOUS SUFFERING 83

455. ARGUMENT FROM PORN 83

456. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL EMPLOYMENT 83

457. GILDA RADNER'S ARGUMENT 83

458. ARGUMENT FROM MATHEMATICIANS 83

459. ARGUMENT FROM PENIS ENLARGEMENT 84

460. ARGUMENT FROM CONSEQUENCES OF THE ABSURD (THE MOST IRREFUTABLE ARGUMENT) 84

461. VANDERZYDEN'S ARGUMENT FROM SECRET KNOWLEDGE 84

462. ARGUMENT FROM OSAMA 84

463. ARGUMENT FROM ENGINEERING 84

464. GEMMA THERESE'S ARGUMENT FROM THE WONDERFUL NATURE OF MONKS AND NUNS 85

465. ARGUMENT FROM IRS DIFFICULTY 85

466. ARGUMENT FROM REPETITION 85

467. ARGUMENT FROM IMPERFECT REPETITION 85

468. ARGUMENT FROM NOAH'S ARK 85

469. ARGUMENT FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA 85

470. ARGUMENT FROM WORDS I MADE UP 86

471. ARGUMENT FROM SALAD BAR 86

472. SILENT DAVE'S ARGUMENT 86

473. CHICKEN GIRL'S ARGUMENT 86

474. ARGUMENT FROM SKEWED ASSUMPTIONS 86

475. ARGUMENT FROM ANGER 86

476. ARGUMENT FROM SELF-EVIDENCE 86

477. ARGUMENT FROM SELF-EVIDENCE, ABRIDGED 86

478. ARGUMENT FROM CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF OBJECTIVE MORALS 87

479. ARGUMENT FROM NERVOUS SCIENTISTS 87

480. ARGUMENT FROM EMINEM 87

481. ARGUMENT FROM THIS WONDERFUL HISTORIAN 87

482. CHRISTMAS ARGUMENT 87

483. ARGUMENT FROM PROBABLE PROOF 88

484. ARGUMENT FROM EGO 88

485. ARGUMENT FROM FLUFFY CATS IN SUNLIGHT 88

486. ARGUMENT FROM LEGOLAS (TEENAGED GIRL'S ARGUMENT) 88

487. ARGUMENT FROM OVERSTRESSED TEACHING ASSISTANT 88

488. ARGUMENT FROM T.A. PRAYING OVER PACKED LUNCH 88

489. ARGUMENT FROM NOTHING 88

490. ARGUMENT FROM DESCARTES BASTARDIZES, PART DEUX 89

491. ARGUMENT FROM SALEM WITCH TRIALS 89

492. ARGUMENT FROM "FIELD OF DREAMS" 89

493. ARGUMENT FROM GEORGE MICHAEL 89

494. ARGUMENT FROM COMPLEXITY (II), a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XIV) 89

495. ARGUMENT FROM CHER 89

496. ARGUMENT FROM ENTHUSIASTIC GOSPEL MUSIC a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM BLUES BROTHERS 89

497. ARGUMENT FROM LIGHT SWITCH 89

498. ARGUMENT FROM INTUITION AND CONSCIENCE 90

499. ARGUMENT FROM EVIL ATHEIST BOARD 90

500. YGUY'S ARGUMENT 90

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501. ARGUMENT FROM SPORTS VICTORY (I) 91

502. ARGUMENT FROM SPORTS VICTORY (II) 91

503. ARGUMENT FROM SIGN AT SPORTS GAME 91

504. ARGUMENT FROM BATHROOM 91

505. ARGUMENT FROM POSSIBILITY 91

506. 7th ANGEL'S ARGUMENT (CONDENSED) 91

507. ASYMMETRIC ARGUMENT FROM INDIA 91

508. ARGUMENT FROM PLAYGROUND SOCIAL DYNAMICS 92

509. ARGUMENT FROM BLATANT CHEATING 92

510. DR. LAURA'S ARGUMENT 92

511. ARGUMENT FROM A BILLION DOLLARS 92

512. ARGUMENT FROM KISSING HANK'S ASS (II) 92

513. ARGUMENT FROM RESPECT 92

514. ARGUMENT FROM TIME TRAVEL 92

515. ARGUMENT FROM ROCKET SCIENCE 93

516. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID BUMPER STICKER (I) 93

517. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID BUMPER STICKER (II) 93

518. ARGUMENT FROM STUPID SYMBOL ON CAR 93

519. ARGUMENT FROM GOOGLE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (III) 93

520. ARGUMENT FROM THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 93

521. ARGUMENT FROM MARTIAL KNOWLEDGE / ARGUMENT FROM "THE MATRIX" (II) 93

522. ARGUMENT FROM THE PEOPLE 93

523. META-ARGUMENT (II) 94

524. ARGUMENT FROM THE ROLLING STONES 94

525. ARGUMENT FROM JOHN LENNON 94

526. BOB GREEN'S ARGUMENT FROM THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 94

527. ARGUMENT FROM THE X-FILES 94

528. ARGUMENT FROM JUST MAYBE 94

529. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE 94

530. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSARY FAITH 94

531. TYLER'S ARGUMENT FROM JESSICA ALBA 95

532. ST. AUGUSTINE'S ARGUMENT FROM REASON AND TRUTH, a.k.a. PRESUPPOSITIONALIST (III) 95

533. ST. AUGUSTINE'S ARGUMENT FROM HELL AND ETERNAL TORMENT 95

534. ST. PAUL'S ARGUMENT FROM WRATH OF GOD 95

535. ST. PAUL'S ARGUMENT FROM GOD'S INVISIBLE QUALITIES 95

536. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM CAUSALITY AND INTELLIGENCE, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XV) 95

537. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (III) 96

538. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM SINE QUA NON, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (IV) 96

539. PETER KREEFT'S ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE NUMBERS, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (V), a.k.a. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (III) 96

540. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE NUMBERS 96

541. ST. THOMAS' ARGUMENT FROM BEGINNING TO TIME, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (VI) 96

542. C. S. LEWIS' ARGUMENT FROM FEELING IN MY BONES, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (VII) 97

543. ST. THOMAS' ARGUMENT FROM PERFECTION, GOODNESS OR VALUE, a.k.a. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (IV) 97

544. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE DIVINE JUSTICE (I) 97

545. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE DIVINE JUSTICE (II) 97

546. ARGUMENT FROM POSITIVE DIVINE JUSTICE, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSARY FAIRNESS 97

547. ARGUMENT FROM CONSEQUENTIAL DIVINE JUSTICE 97

548. ST. ANSELM’S ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 98

549. ST. ANSELM'S ARGUMENT FROM REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM FOOLS 98

550. ARGUMENT FROM KARMA 99

551. ARGUMENT FROM REVEALED SANSKRIT SCRIPTURES 99

552. ARGUMENT FROM BIG BANG AND QUANTUM MECHANICS 99

553. ARGUMENT FROM CLOTHING 99

554. EVANDER HOLYFIELD'S ARGUMENT FROM BOXING DEFEAT 99

555. EVANDER HOLYFIELD'S ARGUMENT FROM BOXING VICTORY 100

556. ARGUMENT FROM OTHERWISE UNACHIEVABLE DENIAL 100

557. ARGUMENT FROM UNTIDY THEORY OF EVOLUTION 100

558. ARGUMENT FROM EVERYTHING 100

559. ARGUMENT FROM AIR 100

560. ARGUMENT FROM IMPERFECT READING COMPREHENSION 100

561. ARGUMENT FROM MISSING BODY 100

562. BILLY GRAHAM'S ARGUMENT FROM TALKING TO GOD 101

563. ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN BEHAVIOR 101

564. ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 101

565. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (III) (INVERSE BABELFISH ARGUMENT) 101

566. SALMA HAYEK'S ARGUMENT FROM BIGGER BOOBS 101

567. ARGUMENT FROM IRRATIONAL CANINE FEARS 101

568. ARGUMENT FROM SCIENCE (III) 101

569. ARGUMENT FROM IMAGINARY LAW OF SCIENCE 101

570. ARGUMENT FROM CERTAINTY 102

571. ARGUMENT FROM IMPACT ON HISTORY 102

572. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (III) 102

573. ARGUMENT FROM ATHEISM 102

574. ARGUMENT FROM LOVE (II) 102

575. ARGUMENT FROM FREE WILL 102

576. ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE (IV) 103

577. ARGUMENT FROM STRAWMEN 103

578. ARGUMENT FROM PHONECALL 103

579. ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY (CLASSIC FORMULATION) 103

580. ARGUMENT FROM ELIMINATION OF ALL OPPOSING VIEWS, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM FORCE (II), REPEATED 103

581. ARGUMENT FROM CONSENSUS 103

582. ARGUMENT FROM SEXUAL FRUSTRATION 103

583. ARGUMENT BY RACISTS/POLYGAMISTS/CHILD MOLESTERS 104

584. ARGUMENT FROM SPOILED CONSUMERISM 104

585. ARGUMENT FROM NEGATIVE AMAZON RATINGS 104

586. ARGUMENT FROM MATHEMATICAL PROOF 104

587. ARGUMENT FROM OUTSIDE OF FROM TIME, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (VIII) 104

588. ARGUMENT FROM DEAD SAINTS 104

589. PETER O’TOOLE'S ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER 104

590. MARILYN'S ARGUMENT FROM COVERED BUTT, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (III) 105

591. ARGUMENT FROM ARGUMENT REFLEXIVITY 105

592. ARGUMENT FROM QUALITY OF LIFE 105

593. 11th CENTURY's ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT (III) 105

594. ONCOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 105

595. FRED HOYLE'S ARGUMENT FROM IMPROBABILITY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XVI) 105

596. SINNER MINISTRIES' ARGUMENT FROM OBJECTIVE LAWS 105

597. ARGUMENT FROM BATTERED WIFE SYNDROME 106

598. ST AUGUSTINE'S AND ST THOMAS AQUINAS' ARGUMENT FROM APOPHATIC (OBS.) TRADITION 106

599. LADY HOPE'S ARGUMENT FROM DARWIN 106

600. ARGUMENT FROM 4 STEP PERFECT PROOF FOR GOD OF THE BIBLE, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (IX) 106

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601. BIRDUS' ARGUMENT FROM ONE MORE ARGUMENT, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM FUTURE EVIDENCE (II) 107

602. BEHE'S ARGUMENT FROM IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (XVII) 107

603. ARGUMENT FROM RISK AVERSION, a.k.a. PASCAL'S WAGER (IV) 107

604. BILL O'REILLY'S ARGUMENT (II) 107

605. TROLL'S ARGUMENT FROM "NOT A GAY" a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALITY (III) 107

606. CATHOLIC FORUM'S ARGUMENT FROM SUICIDE 108

607. ARGUMENT FROM OLD MAN WITH WHITE BEARD 108

608. ARGUMENT FROM DIXIELAND ARROGANCE 108

609. ARGUMENT FROM LITTLE BABIES (III) 108

610. ARGUMENT FROM HOMOSEXUALITY (IV) 108

611. ARGUMENT FROM ECSTASY (II) 108

612. ARGUMENT FROM CHANCE ENCOUNTER 108

613. ARGUMENT FROM INCOHERENCE 108

614. ARGUMENT FROM SAD CASE 108

615. ARGUMENT FROM NECESSITY OF EVIL, PARAPHRASED FROM ST THOMAS AQUINAS 108

616. ARGUMENT FROM LABELING, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM UNPOPULARITY 109

617. ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER DENIED 109

618. ARGUMENT FROM UNTREATED CLINICAL DEPRESSION 109

619. ARGUMENT FROM GREED AND APATHY 109

620. ARGUMENT FROM TERMINOLOGY, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (IV) 109

621. ARGUMENT FROM MULTIPLICITY (V) (recursive internet edition) 109

622. ARGUMENT FROM ASSUMPTION 110