To: Havoc
Hey, I'm just wondering, what IS your authority? Do you have a degree in English, ancient Aramic, ancient Greek? Do you have a degree in transderivational linguistics, theology, philosophy?
Did you ever study logic? No. That's obvious. Forget that one. ROTFLMAO
Suppose you have a disagreement on scripture with REGGIE. How would you know that you are right and he is wrong?
Suppose he was right and you were wrong. No. Wait. That's an absolute impossibility!
Anyway. WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR YOUR CLAIM TO HAVE A DIVINE MONOPOLY ON THE INTERPRETATION OF SACRED SCRIPTURE?
616 posted on
03/20/2004 6:33:12 PM PST by
broadsword
("The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. " Edmund Burke)
To: broadsword
I didn't make a claim to infallibility. Interpretation is not the issue, though I'm sure you'd like to make it that.
Did I ever study logic, yes. Irving L. Copi. Still on my shelf. Peter was a fisherman. I'll leave that hanging there while you consider the number of people here you just attempted to insult who may not have a degree and have a pretty good grip on scripture. Elitism isn't new. Nor do credentials mean anything to you or I could Quote Walter Martin and be done with it.
Beyond that, you've merely thrown rhetoric. I've claimed no monopoly. That's standard rhetoric meant to try to single me out as a lone person rebuking your clergy. Couldn't be farther from the truth. If you want to debate, debate. If you can't win on the facts, slander is not going to win the argument for you any faster - it just shows the weakness of your position. It's the first resort of anyone losing an argument. And that is a well known fact. It's a gauge learned in first year debate to tell you when you're winning. I don't much need it; but, it's nice to see it still works.
631 posted on
03/20/2004 6:56:13 PM PST by
Havoc
("The line must be drawn here. This far and no further!")
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