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*Therefore, not ''Q.''
*Therefore, not ''Q.''
Denying the antecedent is fallacious for the same reason given above.
Denying the antecedent is fallacious for the same reason given above.
==Use in supporting false belief systems==
The fallacy is often used to support false belief systems, as the following example shows:
*If the [[Qur'an]] is true, [[Mecca]] must be a real place.
*Mecca is a real place.
*Therefore, the Qur'an is true.
This reasoning is fallacious because nothing stops even an avowed fiction author from using a real place as a setting.
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]