Only Two Options?

12/02/22 • 0 min

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This is Ken Ham, author of the practical book on godly parenting, Will They Stand?

Today we’re wrapping up our series on logical fallacies with “the fallacy of bifurcation.” Now, this is when someone claims there are only two mutually exclusive options when there’s actually a third one.

An example: “Either you believe in science, or you have faith.” That’s bifurcation. You see, there’s a third option: we have faith in God and believe in the natural laws he’s set up to govern the universe. In fact, it’s only because God exists that we have a basis for natural laws in the first place!

Immaterial laws can’t exist in a material universe. Also, order doesn’t come from disorder.

So, if someone presents you with two options, stop and consider—is there a third?

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This is Ken Ham, author of the practical book on godly parenting, Will They Stand?

Immaterial laws can’t exist in a material universe. Also, order doesn’t come from disorder.

So, if someone presents you with two options, stop and consider—is there a third?

Dig Deeper

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The Bible Can’t Be True Because the Bible Isn’t True?

This is Ken Ham, author and speaker on Genesis and all of the Bible’s reliability.

Have you ever heard a claim like, “The Bible can’t be true because it’s full of miracles and miracles violate the laws of nature.” How would you respond?

Well, that’s actually a bad argument. It’s a logical fallacy known as “begging the question.” In this example, the person has already assumed what they’re attempting to prove.

They’ve assumed violating the laws of nature is impossible even for an all-powerful God. In other words, they’ve assumed what the Bible teaches about God isn’t true, in order to prove the Bible isn’t true. They’ve “begged” the question.

In responding, we can gently point out the faulty reasoning and then present the truth of God’s Word.

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The Ice Age—Did It Happen?

This is Ken Ham, producer of the chronological Bible curriculum for homeschoolers.

Mammoths, wooly rhinos, and giant glaciers all bring to mind an ice age. But did such an event really happen? Yes! The evidence is overwhelming.

Now, secular scientists will tell you there’ve been many ice ages over earth’s history. But they don’t have a mechanism to start or stop these events.

The Bible’s history explains why there was an ice age. During Noah’s flood there was intense volcanic activity, which warmed the waters and filled the atmosphere with ash—and it blocked the sun. The warm water quickly evaporated and fell as snow. This snow built up, forming glaciers. As the earth settled back down these glaciers retreated to the poles where they are now.