Analogies explain truth but cannot establish or create theological truth.

Winger argues that using analogies to generate theological conclusions (rather than to illustrate them) is a logical error. He calls this an "argument from analogy" fallacy. Example: the World Mission Society Church of God (mother god cult) derives a female deity from the analogy that every child has a mother and father — but this argument rests solely on analogy, not scripture. Analogies are too flexible to prove anything; they can only help people grasp a reality already established by other means.