post hoc ergo propter hoc

post hoc ergo propter hoc - the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation

Fallacy: Post Hoc

Also Known as: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, False Cause, Questionable Cause, Confusing Coincidental Relationships With Causes

Description of Post Hoc
A Post Hoc is a fallacy with the following form:

A occurs before B.
Therefore A is the cause of B.

The Post Hoc fallacy derives its name from the Latin phrase "Post hoc, ergo propter hoc." This has been traditionally interpreted as "After this, therefore because of this." This fallacy is committed when it is concluded that one event causes another simply because the proposed cause occurred before the proposed effect. More formally, the fallacy involves concluding that A causes or caused B because A occurs before B and there is not sufficient evidence to actually warrant such a claim.

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/post-hoc.html

As I mentioned in my previous post, the "pre-faith regeneration" view is guilty of this logical fallacy when they see passages where regeneration is put before faith or repentance.

And, the evidence for this being such a logical fallacy is due, as I said, for failing to see that just as many passages that put regeneration before faith likewise put it after, demonstrating that one was not the cause of the other.