Appeal to Belief

Definition: The argument that states because the majority believe in something; it is true.

Infected: The Crusades were fought for Christendom against the Turks. Or fought for the Turks against Christendom, depending on what side your on. Thousands died brutally and painfully, because of a belief that their side of the world believed in. Rulers appealed to people through faith, not to argue the existance of or against religious figures, but men slaughtered each other, families were torn apart, for two things that could not only co-exist peacefully but offered no tangible proof that either belief is wrong.

Cure: The Roman Catholic Church in the Dark Ages and the Renaissance was extremely powerful and extremely corrupt. Anne Boleyn brought a new idea of religion, onto the stage that was adopted by her husband Henry VIII when he became head of the Church of England so as to curb Roman desire that was becoming over mighty, more like an army then men of God. The vast majority of the world believed in everything the Church did and said; that didn't mean the Church was in the right as was proven and altered.

Future Outbreaks: Look at every side of an issue and justify all the points each side has. Do not be a cow following the herd, sometimes the herd is going in the wrong direction.