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Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Belleville's case for women elders from 1 Timothy 5:9-10 (enrolled widows)

Mike examines Belleville's argument that enrolled widows were functioning as elders.

1 Timothy 5:9-10 Linda Belleville elder presbuteros
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

1 Timothy 5:1-2: 'older women' does not mean women elders; equivocation fallacy

Mike addresses another passage sometimes cited for women elders.

1 Timothy 3 1 Timothy 5:1-2 presbuteros equivocation fallacy 1 Timothy 3
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Egalitarian equivocation on the meaning of apostle

Mike flags a recurring problem in egalitarian argumentation.

equivocation fallacy apostolos
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Mike identifies equivocation in Wright's argument about apostle

Mike charges Wright with a logical fallacy.

Mary Magdalene N.T. Wright equivocation fallacy
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Craig Blomberg's refutation: 'heis' (one) does not mean 'equal in all respects'

Mike uses Blomberg's analysis to defeat the argument that 'one' means total equality.

Galatians 3:28 Craig Blomberg equivocation fallacy Galatians 3:28
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Equivocation in the term 'out-group': from 'not in Christ' to 'not eligible for eldership'

Mike identifies what he sees as a crucial logical fallacy in the egalitarian argument.

Galatians 2 equivocation fallacy Galatians 2 out-group status
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 3 refuted: The '41,000 interpretations' claim is a sourcing error; difficulty of some passages ≠ general cryptic nature

The skeptic claims the Bible is cryptic and subject to 41,000 different interpretations, citing a Wikipedia article.

inspiration tests 41000 denominations Christian denominations
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-30

119 Ministries' core philosophical claim: Jesus is the Word, therefore Jesus is the Bible, therefore obeying Jesus means obeying OT law — Mike calls this irrational

Mike introduces the central pre-Pauline argument of 119 Ministries: equating Jesus (the Logos) with the written Bible.

John 1 Hebrews 13:8 Law of Moses 119 Ministries Logos
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-30

Mike gives five arguments for why Jesus is not the Bible

Systematic refutation of the 119 Ministries claim that Jesus = the written Word.

John 1 Malachi Moses Torah Logos
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-30

1 John 3:4 — "sin is lawlessness" — Hebrew Roots argument: lawlessness = breaking Torah, therefore sin = breaking Torah, therefore obeying Torah is mandatory

Mike walks through the Hebrew Roots syllogism built on 1 John 3:4 in step-by-step form.

1 John 3:4 Law of Moses Torah Equivocation fallacy
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-30

Greek term anomia (lawlessness) does not exclusively mean violation of the Mosaic law — it has diverse NT usage

Mike makes a focused philological argument about the Greek word anomia.

1 John 3:4 Equivocation fallacy 1 John 3:4 Anomia
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-01

Problem 2: No clear definition of what "extraordinary" means — equivocation fallacy

Second of five critiques.

Equivocation fallacy Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence Definition of extraordinary
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-01

Twitter respondents cannot define "extraordinary evidence" — shifting, subjective standard

Part of the data-gathering from Twitter, illustrating the definitional problem with the slogan.

Equivocation fallacy Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence Epistemology
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-05

Responding to syllogism: judgment for sin requires being under the law

Q&A: Timmy Pine presents a logical argument

logical fallacy grace under the law
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-26

The Kalam Cosmological Argument and responses to atheist objections about eternal energy and quantum vacuums.

Colin asks how to respond to atheist objections that energy could be infinite (eternal) and that quantum fluctuations could create a universe.

apologetics atheism William Lane Craig
Mike Winger idea 2020-02-12

Isaac Asimov memorial panel discussion: Lawrence Krauss and Neil deGrasse Tyson debated "what is nothing" for two hours. The philosopher on the panel was visibly frustrated, saying nothing means NOT ANYTHING.

Anecdote — philosophers vs. physicists on "nothing"

Lawrence Krauss Lawrence Krauss nothing vs not anything
Mike Winger idea 2020-02-12

Objection to the conclusion: equivocation between material cause and efficient cause in the premises vs. conclusion. Response: both premises and conclusion refer to efficient causation.

Objection — equivocation on "cause"

equivocation fallacy material vs efficient cause