Note: All links listed after the definition are optional readings.
Terms
Ad Hominem: Logical fallacy by which one tries to invalidate a position by attacking the character or circumstances of those who hold it.
Blasphemy: The offense of showing contempt, or lacking reverence, for that which is sacred.
Fallacy: An error in reasoning.
Intolerance: Unwillingness to allow the existence, occurrence, and practice of that which one does not like or with which one disagrees.
Law of Non-Contradiction: Second law of the three laws of classical thought. It states that two opposing statements cannot both be true at the same time in the same sense.
Logic: Rules of reliable thought.
Religious Pluralism: The belief that all religions are equally valid.
Scientism: The belief that all knowledge comes by way of the natural sciences and that the natural sciences can ultimately explain everything.
Tolerance: The act of allowing the existence, occurrence, and practice of that which one does not like or with which one disagrees, while showing respect to those who hold such views or carries out such practices.
Truth: Correspondence between reality and an idea.
YHWH: The personal name of God revealed to Israel (Exodus 3:14). Also known as the tetragrammaton.
People
Michael Green: British theologian, Anglican priest, Christian apologist, and author of more than 50 books including But Don’t All Religions Lead to God?
