This is an image of a billboard in the United States. Religious billboards tend to controversial, and I found this one to be specifically misleading. This one simply provides a false conclusion in its advertisement. This means the billboard incorrectly labeled atheism as something that causes civil war. This is an oversimplified conclusion, and this can be classified both a false dilemma and a false cause fallacy. This sign is first misleading when it claims that atheism is anti-American. Then it claims that being anti-American is treason. Lastly, it claims that therefore since these things are true, then being an atheist leads to civil war. This is an oversimplified statement with a false cause conclusion and thus it is a fallacy in advertising.
here is the link to the image: http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=666&tbm=isch&tbnid=drs80n4JeQdMZM:&imgrefurl=http://godlesspaladin.com/2009/01/13/anti-atheist-billboards/&docid=LV-14vp2GxB42M&imgurl=http://www.bored.com/billboards/images/atheist_billboard.jpg&w=500&h=375&ei=PEXAToqjFoz9iQKK4vCPAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=365&vpy=264&dur=913&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=138&ty=114&sig=112444100257690343710&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=182&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0
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