begging the question

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A logical fallacy in which a premise of an argument contains a direct or indirect assumption that the conclusion is true; offering a circular argument; circular reasoning

It is an instance of begging the question to argue that God can only do good deeds because God is good.

A fallacious manner of arguing in which the very thing that one is attempting to establish is assumed as a premise
- An argument begs the question in a context if and only if any objection in the context to its conclusion is also an objection to one of its premises, and that premise is not supported by any independent evidence
This form of pseudoreasoning attempts to defend a claim by using the claim itself This is also known as circular reasoning
The fallacy of reasoning committed when one assumes the truth of what one is attempting to prove in an argument
The fallacy that involves assuming as a premise the very conclusion that the argument is intended to prove
beg the question
To raise or prompt a question

Three people were hurt in the fire at the warehouse last night, which begs the question: what were they doing there in the first place?.

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To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii)

The objection is that the argument begs the question, meaning that the premise, that God has all the virtues, assumes the conclusion, that God is benevolent.

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(of a fact or action) invite an obvious question or point
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assume the truth of an argument or proposition to be proved, without arguing it
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{f} assume an answer to a question that has not been asked
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