They probably cant recognize irony either.
http://biologos.org/blog/doing-battle-with-jerry-coynes-army-of-straw-men/
a. Cherry picking: the act of choosing examples, as if they were typical, ignoring equally valid examples that contradict your position.
Now if you have ever spoken to any religious (even moderate) people , you should know that Cherry Pickers are more likely to be religious. You can give example after example. When a non believer points out bad stuff , its rarely to say that your religion is uniformly bad , but to prove that your religion can't really be a source of morality. To prove that your religion can't be a book of peace. To prove that your God can't really be a loving one. You'll note that some bad stuff found in a religious book is enough to disprove any of the above and no amount of equally valid quotes disproves that position.
False analogy: making an error in the substance of an argument—the content of your analogy—even though its structure seems acceptable.
Apply it your article!
Hasty generalization: when you use a few inadequate examples and then generalize about the whole.
Irony meter close to SPROING
Because Coyne’s arguments are so universal I want to address some of them in my next blog series
If we want to engage the conversation, then we need to put some effort into understanding the issues. And the New Atheists rarely do that. Dawkins is the most famous offender
This series of blogs will address the army of straw men with which Jerry Coyne and the other New Atheist generals wage their war on religion.
A few inadequate examples like Coyne and Dawkins are enough to generalize all New Atheists!
Spotlight fallacy: This is a specific form of hasty generalization that occurs when we assume that all the examples are like the most famous ones getting media attention.
See above.
SPROING!!!
