Religion: The Ultimate False Cause Fallacy

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Religion: The Ultimate False Cause Fallacy

Recently a good friend of mine(a rationalist on everything except religion) and I had a, erhm, "discussion" over wether or not religions claims to miracles were valid. After a few mentionings/examples of how the False Cause Fallacy fit his "proofs" he asked me to come up with a good structured argument for how the False Cause Fallacy disproves miricals and divine intervention. Now, I have done research, but I would like to request any of you whom are willing to aid me in constructing this argument. I understand some of you believe efforts such as this are pointless, and I respect that. However, I ask that you not try to shoot me down. Any help is appreciated.

Decent description/examples of False Cause Fallacy:

http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/cause.html

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BECAUSE YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ME
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Your correct, I did

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