I am reading this great book by Carl Sagan, and I've come to the chapter where he discusses the "baloney kit" and the tools on what to do and what not to do when forming an argument. (p 216) One example struck me, he refers to it as "the excluded middle, or false dichotomy." Examples he gives are "sure, take my his side, he's perfect I'm always wrong" and "If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem." He warns of only considering the two extremes in a continuum of intermediate possibilities.
I immediately thought of the opening chapter, or maybe it was the preface, of "LTACN." There, Sam draws a line in the sand with Christians. Something to the effect of "Either the bible is the word of God or it isn't" and he goes on to list many more things dividing and lumping christians into a group. Is this an example of a false dichotomy? I'm inclined to say no because in claims to how the universe is someones beliefs are either right or wrong, but I'm interested in what others have to say.