[the808bass]

I should also point out that this one: "Mothers of gods are goddesses." (which is where you went off the rails) isn't even always true in paganism, and never is in Christianity.

Right. Transitives lead us off the rails in theology. We agree.

[Campion]

Transitives lead us off the rails in theology.

No, not necessarily.

But transitives built on top of invalid statements like "mothers of gods are goddesses" are guaranteed to lead us off the rails.