The apparent exception is thereby converted into an instance of the rule. An alternate explanation states that, since tongues are not mentioned, the Samaritans must have received only some other anointing of the Holy Spirit, not Spirit baptism, so that this passage is properly excluded from the set of all instances of Spirit baptism on Acts. The rule is, by this explanation, used to exclude an apparent counter-example from the universe of observations from which the rule itself is generalized. A False Analogy draws from the observation that A has a property C the conclusion that B must also have that same property, hwen a relevant difference exists between A and B which is being ignored. Therefore, Satan must also be good.
All Islamic people are also monotheists.
Therefore, all Christians are Islamic. It is an important component of the Monolithic and Caricature fallacies discussed below. A syllogism has only three terms. All cats are mammals. Therefore, all snakes are mammals.