More attention should be paid to this error, but not many people notice it, so it goes unchallenged. "Proof by assertion" is my coined phrase for those statements made by anyone who thinks that something is proven simply because they have asserted it. Some of these people even expect you to believe what they say, …
Tag: dogma
Roman dogma
It is that time of year when it is useful to remind people that christmas means Christ's mass. That is, the Roman Catholic mass. Some Dutch people call it Kerstfeest 'Christ’s Feast' to avoid the element of the Roman Catholic mass. In the not-too-distant past, Scotland celebrated the New Year more than christmas until commercialisation took over, …
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