Logical Fallacies: BANDWAGON

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; – Rom 3:4

In the study of Logical Fallacy, the term BANDWAGON is used for any Appeal to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.

Liberal scholars say the flaw in this argument is that the popularity of an idea has absolutely no bearing on its validity. According to them, if it did, then the Earth would have made itself FLAT for most of history to accommodate this popular belief.

First of all, the Earth has not been considered “flat for most of history”. The prophet Isaiah,  2,700 years ago (and 300 years before their revered Aristotle even though of it), declared that the Earth was round (Is 40:22).

Secondly, they are guilty of Bandwagon themselves.

Christians are accused of arrogant bigotry because we insist Jesus is the ONLY way to be saved. They retort that it’s silly of us to presume that the majority of the human population is flat out wrong.

But when Peter warns that if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? (1Pe 4:18); he doesn’t seem to shrink from the reality that majority of humanity are in peril of damnation.

TRUTH is not relative to the consensus of the majority. Indeed, when it comes to godliness, history has shown that the majority have rarely chosen God. That’s why our Lord says in Mat 7:13 that we should “Enter in at the narrow gate: for Wide Is The Gate, and Broad Is The Way, that leads to destruction, and MANY there be who go in there.”

John is most categorical about this, he says “We know that we are of God, and The Whole World lies in wickedness;” (1Jn 5:19).

Therefore, let’s not allow the Enemy’s BANDWAGON fallacy deflate our missionary and evangelical drive to reach out to the ‘majority’ around us who are living in Darkness.

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN