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So— ''what is being illustrated here''?  

So— ''what is being illustrated here''?  

The above examples of distorted false arguments are based on hostile '''[[Polemic]]''' as a form of '''[[Propaganda]]''' using the [[Logical fallacy#Appeal to emotion|Logical fallacy of Appeal to emotion]] to make Protestants look as bad as possible. (I'm familiar with this, because when I was in college an atheist accused me of bibliolatry because I was a Conservative Baptist and a fundamentalist Christian, and he used similar defective logic.)

The above examples of distorted false arguments are based on hostile '''[[Polemic]]''' as a form of '''[[Propaganda]]''' using the Logical fallacy of [[Appeal to emotion]] to make Protestants look as bad as possible. (I'm familiar with this, because when I was in college an atheist accused me of bibliolatry because I was a Conservative Baptist and a fundamentalist Christian, and he used similar defective logic.)

The fundamental problem with Hislop's book, apart from his defective methodology, is pointed out by Woodrow in his refutation. Alexander Hislop wanted to make Catholicism look as bad as possible, because he had been taught that it is evil, and he never questioned that assertion or the arguments that were used to support it. He thought he was telling the truth with his "proofs", but in fact he wasn't. It's a form of '''[[Confirmation bias]]'''.

The fundamental problem with Hislop's book, apart from his defective methodology, is pointed out by Woodrow in his refutation. Alexander Hislop wanted to make Catholicism look as bad as possible, because he had been taught that it is evil, and he never questioned that assertion or the arguments that were used to support it. He thought he was telling the truth with his "proofs", but in fact he wasn't. It's a form of '''[[Confirmation bias]]'''.