An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related thing or idea
The 'Straw Man Argument' is one which is untenable because of certain dishonest or erroneous assumptions embedded within them When an irrelevant thesis is inaccurately claimed to be someone's position, it is said to be a 'Straw Man' argument, meaning, it will not stand When done deliberately, this fallocy of presumption is both unethical and unchristian [back]
Someone who purchases property on behalf of another so as to conceal the identity of the true owner A person who purchases on behalf of another is sometimes referred to as a nominee
This form of pseudoreasoning consists in arguing against a distorted or simplified version of what someone has said, and treating the argument as if it brought down what the person really did say