How can people have had religious experiences of god

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Identify the fallacy for the following.

1. So you oppose the formation of a union. I suppose you think we should all work for a pittance insufficient to support our families. You're probably in favor of child labor, too."

2. "Pregnancies increase shortly after massive blackouts. Clearly blackouts make people pregnant!"

3. "How can you believe that some people have had religious experiences of God? Just think of all the atrocities that have been committed thanks to such alleged contact with God! Wars have been waged, people have been tortured and killed, cultures have been eradicated, all because someone thought that God appeared or spoke to him!"

4. "Tennessee should increase funding to unemployed single mothers during the first year after childbirth because they need sufficient money to provide medical care for their newborn children." The second speaker retorts, "My opponent believes that some parasites who don't work should get a free ride from the tax money of hard-working honest citizens. I'll show you why he's wrong."

5. "Microtech is an immoral business incorporation that engages in unethical trading schemes. Susan Jones is a janitor at Microtech. She must be an immoral individual."

6. Stanley: "I don't think children should play on busy streets." Livingston: "I don't think we should be confining children inside all the time."

7. We should not believe President Clinton when he claims not to have had sex with Monica Lewinsky. After all, he's a liar."

8. "Immigration to California from Mexico increased. Soon after, the welfare rolls increased. Therefore, the increased immigration caused the increase in welfare rolls."

9. If we ban Hummers because they are bad for the environment eventually the government will ban all cars, so we should not ban Hummers.

10. People who don't support the proposed state minimum wage increase hate the poor.

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