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Question: Fallacy: "When you look inside yourself, do you see that your heart is black!?" What is the fallacy!?
If you answer affirmative, you look bad!.
If you answer negatively, the questioner can retort with something such as, "Why not!? You should!. Original sin makes it black," thus making you seem incompetent to see what is "right before your eyes!."

Another example: "If I told you I loved your body, would you hold it against me!?"Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Or: "Have you stopped beating your wife!?"
Yes implies that you used to!. No implies you still do!.

Or: "Do you know that every neurosis in you comes from repressing your infant sexuality when you wanted to have sex with your mother"!? (Freud) Yes implies you agree; no is just denial and repression!.

In all cases, you are damned if you do, and damed if you don't!. Because a meaning shift takes place and the question is thus inconsistent between the beginning and the end!.
BTW, no one is so transparent to themselves as to be able to see anything except what's on the surface!. The heart is invisible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the fallacy to me is that a person with a black heart would not bother with self examination of something they believe to be dead!. If a person does not believe in sin than they feel free of the "stain" of original sin and could not believe in a black heart!.

If you told me that I would probably tackle you!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.in a good way I mean!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have never been able to look inside myself; I got to look inside my girlfriend after she gave birth though! EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! LOLWww@QuestionHome@Com

Humans are at all times subject to both the good and the evil inclination!. We get to pick, at each moment!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Reserving the right to not answer every question without question, I deny as I write this instant!.
If you only knew!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend!. Inside of a dog its too dark to read!" - Groucho MarksWww@QuestionHome@Com