CUM HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC: "Your house burned down because you sinned."

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Apr 14, 2007, 10:52:18 AM4/14/07
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A fallacy of correlation that links events because they occur
simultaneously; one asserts that because two events occur together
they are causally related, and leaves no room for other factors that
may be the cause(s) of the events. This fallacy is similar to the
"post hoc" fallacy.

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