Where does this logic break down?

Question

A religion is a faith
A faith is a belief
A belief is an opinion
An opinion is subjective
Something subjective is biased
Something biased is seldom right.

Have you noticed how scientific and historical "facts" can change? Or is your world still flat?

Good answers. In the light of those , here's a better last line.

Something biased is unreliable

Answer 1

Well, I don't think you need say any more than the first statement. The rest is just an explanation of that.

I suspect that many people who need the further explanation will not accept it anyway.

Answer 2

Virtually everywhere.

A religion is a faith. Incomplete."And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love"

A faith is a belief. Incomplete. Faith is closer to trust.

A belief is an opinion. Incomplete. If you have good personal reasons - evidence - for that belief it is not simply an opinion.

An opinion is subjective - by definition so adds nothing,

Something subjective is biased. False. Biased means a view which is slanted for against something because of an irrelevant characteristic. That seomthing is subjective does not mean it is biased.

Something biased is seldom right. False. For any given question there will be views for or against which are equally likely to be biased. One of those biased views will be true.

1/2 mark out of a possible 6 for the definition). You need to work on your reasoning.

Answer 3

Religionists believe "in" god on faith since they have no proof, no evidence that God exists. This is a faith UN-founded on fact. When the average person goes to the doctor they have faith that the doctor will help them with their medical problem. This faith is based on the fact that to be a Doctor has to go through many years of school and deemed competent to be a doctor. A belief can be based on fact or fiction. It could be subjective or objective. It could be true or false. It could be real or a illusion, delusion, etc. An Opinion is a belief is subjective and not based on fact. If it were based on fact then they wouldn't use the word opinion they would just state it as a fact. Something subjective is not necessarily biased but most often will be. Something biased is not necessarily wrong.

In other words you got it all wrong. Keep working at it, it will come with time and work.

Answer 4

Where does this logic break down?

Science is faith in theories,
Science is a belief system predicated on theories
A belief or theory is an opinion
An opinion is subjective
Something subjective is biased
Something biased is seldom right.
Science is subjective and seldom right.

Answer 5

The same could be said of atheism.
And to say that something biased is seldom right is totally untrue. A biased view doesn't make it a wrong view; in fact all views are biased in one way or another.

Answer 6

Why is something biased seldom right?

Somehthing biased is open to debate, as there are two or more sides. One of which is right (assuming one party has the correct answer).

As no religion can be proven right, you have to take a leap of faith, which is subject to your opinion.

Answer 7

It breaks down at "A belief is an opinion," if not before.

I have many beliefs that are undisputed scientific or historic fact, so that statement is patently false.

EDIT:
I would argue that it breaks down at "A religion is a faith." A religion is more of a lifestyle that one subjects themselves to. Faith is one motivating factor to that lifestyle, yes, but faith itself does not define it.

Without question, the last two statements themselves become subjective (the pattern of the statement changes at this point, changing the whole format); therefore if they are true, they actually defeat themselves.

Answer 8

Religion is man's attempt to reach God. Religion itself is not faith (look at most American Catholics - they have little or no faith, but claim religion every Sunday). So, your logic breaks down at the first step... Nice try, though... Keep thinking, maybe one day you'll get it right.

EDIT:
Your new "last statement" absolutely ruins your entire argument. Because your own bias then makes your entire logic unreliable.

Answer 9

Are you going to implement your logic and give up having any opinions or beliefs at all? After all, they might be wrong.

Come to think of it, just about everything does depend upon somebody making subjective judgements about what might or might not be objectively true.

Answer 10

It breaks down with 'Something subjective is biased'.

_That_ is bias. Screaming bias. Tut, tut.
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