Evangelicals

winston53660 · Aug 27, 2009

moe said:
Sure. When you are debating a scientific principal or any other point for that matter from do you look for information from others that you deem more qualified and trust worthy than yourself that have done the research? Do you buy books from recognized authorities in whatever field and study their research to verify your own opinions/world view? You may not directly quote whatever source you use nor may you even fully understand what they are saying or know what methods they used to arrive at their conclusions but still you are relying on their research to form your own conclusions and present your own arguments. Thus you are using their authority to support your views etc. Every time you post a link to an article or study this is appealing to somebody else’s authority

Moe

Okay that is fine but at some point 2+2=4 Is that also an appeal to authority?

moe · Aug 27, 2009

Wessexman said:
As an Anglo-Catholic I have a lot of respect for the living tradition of the church and so don't base everything in scripture.

Thank you wessex. That is more than enough info to build a foundation for more research of my own:2wave:

Moe

moe · Aug 27, 2009

winston53660 said:
Okay that is fine but at some point 2+2=4 Is that also an appeal to authority?

At one time in your life it was. You were not born knowing this. You learned it from another source.

justone · Aug 27, 2009

winston53660 said:
Okay that is fine but at some point 2+2=4 Is that also an appeal to authority?

Sure it is. http://www.debatepolitics.com/religion-philosophy/54454-evangelicals-29.html#post1058217604

justone said:
Let say justone states 2+2=4.

But your appeal is rejected. Specifically you link to sources you do not understand, you have not done a proper research about. You understand authority and 2+2=4 and that's it.

winston53660 · Aug 27, 2009

moe said:
At one time in your life it was. You were not born knowing this. You learned it from another source.

I knew I had more apples than before.