Are these examples of false dichotomies?

Question

1) If the Bible is inerrant, God inspired it, but if it is not, God did not inspire it.

2) If the Bible is not inerrant, then it is not trustworthy, and one cannot be sure his faith is valid.

Give more examples of false dichotomies if you can, please.

Answer 1

1. Yes, that is a false dichotomy because it leaves out other possibilities. For instance that god inspired a flawed work. ("Inspired" is not the same as "dictated word for word.") Or, that god himself may be flawed.

2. This is more of a non sequitur, where the conclusion does not necessarily follow from the premise. The bible may be trustworthy in some areas and errant in others. Also, one can argue that faith is faith, and does not depend on factual verification. (Some would even argue that factual verification is the antithesis of faith.) One can have faith and trust in a flawed work; that faith and trust may be misplaced, or limited to the parts believed not to be errant.

More examples of false dichotomies below.

Answer 2

logic vs. experience
deduction vs. induction
analytic truth vs. synthetic truth
concepts vs. percepts

mind vs. body vs. spirit

etc...