Asking someone to consider their own authority, is not an example of the appeal to authority logical fallacy. Telling someone that they should consider not drinking because they've made a commitment to themselves not to imbibe is appealing to self-reflection. The speaker is not bound by the same commitment.
I don't lie because of my conscience, not because of the same authority metmom answers to.
Then you quote metmom, and then ask: “Oh, so you're going to appeal to authority?” as though she is setting you up for a logical fallacy.
And now you say: “Asking someone to consider their own authority, is not an example of the appeal to authority logical fallacy.”
First, an appeal to authority is an argument from the fact that a person judged to be an authority affirms a proposition to the claim that the proposition is true. An Appeal to Authority is a fallacy with the following form:
Person A is (claimed to be) an authority on subject S.
Person A makes claim C about subject S.
Therefore, C is true.
Now let’s break down your questions:
“What would God think…”. Here you are person A, making a claim and are an authority on (S) – metmom’s knowledge of God (the God of all).
You as A comtinue, “…about you spreading lies like saying that teaching evolution is teaching atheism?” Here you give a good example of Person A makes claim C about subject S.
Now it is logical to conclude the third part, Therefore, C is true.
So:
1 - Your question not only fits the criteria of the example of the appeal to authority logical fallacy, it also fits the loaded question or complex question fallacy.
2 - Asking metmom, “What would God think about you spreading lies like saying that teaching evolution is teaching atheism?”, then asking, “Oh, so you're going to appeal to authority?, is called hypocrisy.
3 - You stating that you were “Asking someone to consider their own authority, is not an example of the appeal to authority logical fallacy”is a lie.