Paula

Now you’re really falling apart, “Chris”. I quoted scripture and even bolded the “deception” words. Talk about reading comprehension problems! How do you weasel out of what is plainly written there? The letter’s stated purpose is about deception and the verses you are focusing are have deception stated explicitly. What on earth do you thing the topic is, and what on earth do you call evidence, if not that?

And how can anyone who came here spewing logic terms not comprehend argumentum ad verecundiam? “If a criticism appears that contradicts the authority’s statement, then merely the fact that the statement originated from the authority is not an argument for ignoring the criticism.” (source) Yes, in fact competing authorities DO “cancel each other out” and show the fallacy of citing only those authorities that agree with your position, as I already stated.

When Greek experts disagree (or any other experts for that matter), we have to acknowledge that the claims of one authority do not rule over the claims of another such that some authorities can simply be ignored.