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What point? That logical fallacies are only used in debate???

Did I say that 'every thread is a formal debate? I didn't. The term logical fallacy is NOT used just in a formal debate. It is used in general conversation, even conversation on CB. Your statement, 'one person's logical fallacy is another person's authority', is a straw man fallacy. As I...

Over the last 10 years, I have participated in 6 Christian forums worldwide and I've discovered that one of the most common ways to high jack a discussion has been with the use of logical fallacies. What is a logical fallacy? To put it simply, a logical fallacy is an error in reasoning. It is a...

Yes, it is a simple enough question and I have responded to it at #13. Therefore, my calling attention to what a person is doing with the use of logical fallacies in a discussion is my attempt to keep the discussion on track and not off and running with another topic - by the use of a red...

Have you considered using The Kalam Cosmological Argument (Philosophy of Religion) for the existence of God? It has the following logical structure: (1) Everything that has a beginning of its existence has a cause of its existence. (2) The universe has a beginning of its existence. Therefore...

Angelina, The use of logical fallacies is the bane of logical discussion. We can't engage in logical discussion if a person refuses to deal with the issues raised. Such people need to be called for what they are doing. That's what I've done in identifying a red herring fallacy. A red herring...

My intent was not to give you a slap on the back of the head but to tell you the obvious. Do what I did. I Googled, "What do JWs believe" and came up with their web page that is located at: JW.org. Take a read of some of their articles, follow some of the links in those articles, and you'll...

Do you mean 144,000? Why don't you read, 'What is the significance of the number 144,000 to Jehovah's Witnesses?' If you have doubts about these things, Dr Google can sometimes be a great help! :wub:

With respect, that is a distorted view of dispensationalism that is infused with incorrect Jesuit understanding. I am not a dispensationalist, but Charles C Ryrie is a dispensationalist. Let's look to his understanding of dispensationalism.Ryrie says this about the scriptural basis for...

Chapter and verse please!

I went back to read #90 and I'll pick up on one interaction between Jim Parker and you: JimParker, on 24 May 2015 - 06:18 AM, said: Your response was: Colossians 1:21-23 (ESV) is NOT about losing blessings in Christ and not salvation. How do I know? When I read the text, this is what I find...

ATP, In giving these verses, are you at least admitting that the Scriptures Jim Parker gave at #105 are correct so that the verses you gave are 'contradictory' to the verses Jim provided? That seems to be the conclusion from your statement.

Luke was not an apostle. Also, none of the Gospels in the MSS that have reached us had a title such at 'The Gospel according to Matthew'. That was added later. Each Gospel had a different purpose but Luke tells us how he came to write his Gospel in Luke 1:1-4 (ESV): Luke wanted to write an...

Jim, I hope you mean lose and not loose salvation. :) What biblical emphases would you give us to demonstrate that a person can lose or abandon salvation? I think that latter is called committing apostasy. :huh: Oz

I agree that each conversation with an unbeliever will have different dynamics. I meet up with one such person this morning for coffee. He has been abandoned by his Croatian wife and he has turned to grog to soften his sorrow. I also carry evangelistic copies of a summary tract, Two Ways to...

So, who do you depend on for reliable information about Jesus and salvation apart from the Bible?

Seems as though you may need some basic educating in bibliology: Of course people heard of Jesus through oral tradition in the early years after his death. This was passed on by those who heard Jesus - originally by the eyewitnesses. Luke 1:1-4 (ESV) tells us about the many who compiled...

Jim, I don't think the 2 issues I raised at #7 are insurmountable. I would respond to them with: Purpose may not be a word you use, but let's talk about how you were conceived. It doesn't matter whether Mum and Dad got together on a bed or the back seat of a car. How is it that a sperm joins...

Is he the God of judgment? Will there be a Judgment Day with him as the Judge?

Blessings to you, my Aussie mate, marksman. That's a splendid start-up list to demonstrate the importance of knowing correct doctrine and its foundation in the Christian life. Churches and people who diminish the need for doctrine create anaemic Christians. OzSpen