Good reading. They don't teach this stuff in school, at least they didn't in the schools I went to.

Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies

I would say I was deprived. I don't see how someone could argue that knowing these kinds of things is unnecessary, but I know a lot of people who would.

So, I mosied on over to Amazon to do a search on logical fallacies. There are many books, and I started reading the reviews of some. I am always particularly interested in the reviewers that give books low marks, and read them with the notion they aren't going to be helpful.

Funny thing though, with the reviews of logic books, there is a distinct pattern. Logic books that leave out religion, or use such reasoning as Pascal's Wager as examples get low marks from religious people bitching about these examples. There are a few books that are written by believers, and it seems the reasoning contained in the books is peppered with positive religious examples, or so some of the reviewers reveal. Religious people give these books high praise. There is one in particular that gets great reviews by people that put up a facade of 'fun for young people' and make very little mention of the dogma it contains. This book is another example of a group of people with an agenda artificially propping up the grade of the book. I find it interesting that it is touted by homeschoolers for the most part, and for being 'great for kids.'

It is, after all, the younger years when people are most susceptible to indoctrination.