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To: fidelis
It is a logical fallacy (ie, a “genetic fallacy”) to object to an argument based on its source. The question is whether the argument is valid or not, which in this case, it is. Try answering the argument rather attacking the messenger.

Would you make the same argument for allowing passages from the Koran or the Book of Mormon?

False teaching is false teaching.

52 posted on 10/07/2019 1:51:52 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
Would you make the same argument for allowing passages from the Koran or the Book of Mormon?

No, I would not because it is a lazy and weak way to argue. If you cannot refute a false teaching by showing the argument is wrong without resorting to ridicule, ad hominem, or genetic fallacies, your arguments aren’t going to convince anyone.

55 posted on 10/07/2019 2:19:25 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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