Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem defined

2006-01-11 Thread David Miller
the argument or assertion rather than the argument itself. --   Do you see the difference?   David.   - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org ; TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: R

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem defined

2006-01-11 Thread knpraise
From the American Heritage dictionary:         As the principal meaning of the preposition ad suggests, the homo of ad hominem was originally the person to whom an argument was addressed, not its subject. The phrase denoted an argument designed to appeal to the listener's emotions rather than to r

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread knpraise
AIL PROTECTED]>To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:11:35 -0500Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion Now that?s another ad hom for JD.  Still zero for DM. iz   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, Jul

RE: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread ShieldsFamily
Now that’s another ad hom for JD.  Still zero for DM. iz   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:14 AM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion   Absolutly

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread knpraise
omething "other than" His words  -- but He is something IN ADDITION to His words.    Jd    -Original Message-From: Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgCc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:44:13 -0400Subject: Re: [TruthTalk

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread knpraise
ct: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion John,    David's wording of "using yet another one of your meaningless tautologies" instead of something less directed, does sound more emotional in nature than had he said simply "using a tautology" [the word "meaningless" is

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread Kevin Deegan
us Christ. > > Grace to You > > JD > > > > -Original Message- > From: David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org > Sent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 04:46:51 -0400 > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion > > > J

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread Kevin Deegan
vid's whole tone is > such. > >Webster says what he says. And that is the sense in which I use > the > >wording. David believes that you can separate the words of an > opponent > >from the character of the opponent without being guilty of ad hom. > I

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread Kevin Deegan
Sorry, there will be no resolution as stated by JD in another POST, he sees others as his "OPPONENTS" Game Set Match... --- Charles Perry Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ... I was neither meaningless nor repetitive in my posted > comments. > > John, > >Your

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread Charles Perry Locke
e wording. David believes that you can separate the words of an opponent from the character of the opponent without being guilty of ad hom.I do not. JD -Original Message- From: Charles Perry Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Wed, 20 Jul

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread Judy Taylor
This is really interesting JD. How is it that noone believes the same of God? When it comes to God - you say His Words are doctrine and He is something other   On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:41:21 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perry, do you understand that such a defense would arrive at

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread knpraise
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:27:04 -0700Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... I was neither meaningless nor repetitive in my posted comments.  John,    Your statement above is a good start at resolving t

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread knpraise
20 Jul 2005 06:15:30 -0700Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion John,    I do not think we can separate the ad hominem from logic, John. All discussion contains some form of logic, some form of argumentation, especially when our goal is to present and support a point of view. In it's si

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread Charles Perry Locke
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... I was neither meaningless nor repetitive in my posted comments. John, Your statement above is a good start at resolving this issue. I think your best defense would be to argue the point that your comment was not a "meaningless tautology", bringing in evidence to

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread knpraise
:46:51 -0400Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion John wrote: > http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/attack.php > --- if you must get more complicated. How about we just get more thorough rather than complicated? The word "complicated" has the implication t

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread Charles Perry Locke
John, I do not think we can separate the ad hominem from logic, John. All discussion contains some form of logic, some form of argumentation, especially when our goal is to present and support a point of view. In it's simplist form the ad hominem argument is merely an appeal to emotion rathe

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-20 Thread David Miller
John wrote: > http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/attack.php > --- if you must get more complicated. How about we just get more thorough rather than complicated? The word "complicated" has the implication that it cannot be understood by digging in deeper. The word "thorough" implies that

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-19 Thread knpraise
cal charge of "meaningless tautology."     JD -Original Message-From: Charles Perry Locke <cpl2602@hotmail.com>To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:54:43 -0700Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion One of the best discussions I have rea

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-19 Thread knpraise
: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:54:43 -0700Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion One of the best discussions I have read on ad-hominem is on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Hominem.  Perry  >From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: TruthTalk@

Re: [TruthTalk] ad-hominem discussion

2005-07-19 Thread Charles Perry Locke
One of the best discussions I have read on ad-hominem is on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Hominem. Perry From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org To: Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Re:John 16:13,14 Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:56:11 -0400 John wrote: > For the

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments

2005-05-29 Thread ttxpress
myth (there is no basis for this comment outside of subjectivity in terms of a priori, radical philosophical dualism' : (e.g.) 'i, individually, not as part of any school of thought oppose you for the sole reason that my reading of reality is totally correct while and you can't grasp its ab

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments

2005-05-29 Thread knpraise
  -Original Message-From: Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]com>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]innglory.orgCc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]innglory.orgSent: Sun, 29 May 2005 05:24:16 -0400Subject: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments I am totally different from you JD in many areas; in fact at times I think the onl

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments

2005-05-27 Thread David Miller
John wrote: > These problems -- did they include Deegan > and his use of the word "liar?" Yes. Peace be with you. David Miller. -- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments

2005-05-27 Thread knpraise
These problems  -- did they include Deegan and his use of the word "liar?"    -Original Message-From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent: Fri, 27 May 2005 11:48:53 -0400Subject: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments Izzy wrote: >> Calling DM “nuts” is an ad ho

RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem arguments

2004-12-22 Thread Slade Henson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Tuesday, 21 December, 2004 11.24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] ad hominem arguments This is why we have a moderator. Ideally, we want the moderator to be the only one to address t

RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem

2004-12-20 Thread Slade Henson
ad hominem adv. Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents' motives.   Usage Note: As the principal meaning of the preposition ad suggests, the homo of ad hominem was originally the person to

Re: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-24 Thread Terry Clifton
ShieldsFamily wrote:       Slade, Thanks for the perspective about clean/unclean. How do you think that translates to today? Are we to cast the bread of the word out to anyone/everyone? Or was that just for Jesus to discriminate? Izzy Just a qui

RE: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-24 Thread ShieldsFamily
      Slade, Thanks for the perspective about clean/unclean. How do you think that translates to today? Are we to cast the bread of the word out to anyone/everyone? Or was that just for Jesus to discriminate? Izzy Was Yeshua calling the woman a dog?  No. Please note she was

RE: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-24 Thread Slade Henson
Hello, David.  I would like to point out something here in this thread. A mistake made in this thread was taking an event that occurred 2,000 years ago and removing the cultural significance behind it (replacing it with modern culture from the USA). By doing so, the "threader" risks causing

RE: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-14 Thread David Miller
To all: This post focuses much on the personalities of Chris and myself. I apologize in advance if it is boring to many of you. Just hit the delete key before proceeding if you don't have time for this. I simply feel that I must at least give an effort to communicate with Chris, especially abou

Re: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-13 Thread Chris Barr
\o/ !HALALU Yah! \o/ Greetings in the Matchless Name of YahShua !   OK, now for some "attention to detail" in case any legitimate scientists or scholars are paying any attention ...   - Original Message - From: "David Miller" Sent: 05/13/2004 4:05 PM Sub

RE: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-13 Thread jandgtaylor1
Note: Another point I forgot to make - this women got some crumbs and we who are God's Covenant people through Christ are not even getting that these days. Anytime you've got to depend on food additives etc. you're not walking in Covenant blessings. In fact you're no better off than the world

RE: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-13 Thread jandgtaylor1
Chris wrote: > "Truth, Adonay, yet bitches eat of the crumbs > which fall from their masters' table." > Was that an "ad hominem" from The Saviour? No. > Was that an insult from The Saviour. Yes, and > one of a very degrading nature. Apparently I missed this one but you've done it again. I'd t

RE: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-13 Thread David Miller
Chris wrote: > Y'all have such great difficulty even knowing > what "ad hominem" is. Y'all identify "name > calling" as "ad hominem" ... 'tain't necessarily > so. Y'all identify "calling a spade a spade" as > "ad hominem" ... t'ain't never so. Whether or not Jesus called people names is not

Re: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-13 Thread jandgtaylor1
I'm neither in nor from Arkansas. Not that it matters ... you're talking to me about backwoods health care folk tales and you want to denigrate Arkansas! ROTFLMHO!!! jt: I'm not denigrating anything, just saying that your way is the cultural norm in that State. Could be wrong about where you

Re: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-13 Thread Chris Barr
UR) Baruch YHVH, (Bless The LORD)  Chris Barr a servant of YHVH   - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 05/13/2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"? > Got to be careful not to add meaning that was never intended here and at

Re: [TruthTalk] "ad hominem"?

2004-05-13 Thread jandgtaylor1
Dogs have been considered in the same manner as by my African brother going back into antiquity. It is actually a strong precept from ScriptureA mother in Scripture had a daughter possessed by a demon. The mother sought YahShua to cast out the demon. Wouldn't you think that The Saviour w

RE: [TruthTalk] 'ad hominem'

2004-05-03 Thread David Miller
Chris wrote: > An ad hominem argument is one where the presenter > is addressed rather than the message. > Joe: 1 + 1 = 3 > John: Joe is an idiot. > THAT is ad hominem. > If John responded with the mathematical theorem that > exposes the error of Joe's statement and thereby reveals > Jo

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad-hominem attacks was Christian Perfection

2004-04-12 Thread Lance Muir
Judy: He was wrong when he said that "short people got no reason for livin'" However when the consensus is that you are vertically challenged and you live in denial, well...Lance PS: How does it go? If the shoe fits..  - Original Message - From: Judy Taylor To: [EMAIL P

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-28 Thread Charles Perry Locke
If you did post that prior to your stament to Judy that non-beleivers can go to heaven, then I missed it, and in that case apologize for saying you did not explain it. From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rul

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-28 Thread Dave
Charles Perry Locke wrote: > Blaine, > >Yes. Either that, or you both are extremely naive. For example, DavidH > said that he believes non-Mormons can go to heaven. I feel confident that he > knows that Christians believe there is one place called heaven, and LDS > believe there are three. H

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule MTSA

2004-01-27 Thread Kevin Deegan
MAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:31 PM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule > Blaine wrote to Perry:  > > Are you saying either DaveH or I deliberately mislead?  > > You seem to be implying this in some of your posts, > > and p

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-27 Thread Blaine Borrowman
  - Original Message - From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:31 PM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule > Blaine wrote to Perry:  > > Are you saying either DaveH or I deliberatel

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-27 Thread Kevin Deegan
level by level, or as the Lord would say, grace for grace.- Original Message - From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:57 PMSubject: RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule> Blaine,>> Yes. Either that, o

RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-27 Thread Kevin Deegan
ROTFLOL!   I can see it now. If the LDS were deliberately using words with double meanings would they when questioned about it, turn around and say: "OK we fess up we are using SUBTERFUGE"   For Blaine, attacking false doctrine is comparable to a "personal attack" In general, I have found LDS to

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-27 Thread Charles Perry Locke
ly-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:58:21 -0700 Blaine: Hmm, I understand what you are saying Perry, and I sense your frustration. Maybe we have really been throwing you guys some curves, it sounds like. LOL

Re: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-27 Thread Blaine Borrowman
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:57 PM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule > Blaine, > >Yes. Either that, or you both are extremely naive. For example, DavidH > said that he believes non-Mormons can go to heaven. I feel confident that he > knows that Ch

RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-27 Thread David Miller
Blaine wrote to Perry: > Are you saying either DaveH or I deliberately mislead? > You seem to be implying this in some of your posts, > and particularly this one. Blaine, if it is ok with you and Perry, I would like to extend a little latitude about the ad hominem rule to explore this idea a

RE: [TruthTalk] ad hominem rule

2004-01-27 Thread Charles Perry Locke
Blaine, Yes. Either that, or you both are extremely naive. For example, DavidH said that he believes non-Mormons can go to heaven. I feel confident that he knows that Christians believe there is one place called heaven, and LDS believe there are three. He did not point this out...and since no

RE: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks

2003-03-23 Thread ShieldsFamily
    -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 7:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks   Marlin, liars go to hell.  I am calling you a liar.  I did not

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks

2003-03-23 Thread GJTabor
Izzy, with all due respect.  You are blinded to your double standard.  If someone is in favor of Saturday worship, even to the point of requiring it in order to be in right standing with God, you see no problem in how they write.  But if one strands for the Biblical view against Judaizers, then yo

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks

2003-03-23 Thread GJTabor
Glenn to Marlin - I stand by what I  said about you.  Furthermore, below is false doctrine too.  Jesus used ad hominem remarks.  So that would make Jesus lacking proof for His claims.  Ad hominem remarks and name calling come from those who lack proof for their claims.

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks

2003-03-23 Thread GJTabor
Marlin, liars go to hell.  I am calling you a liar.  I did not accuse you of being a Hitler lover.  You see to be uneducated.  You didn't seem to know much about him.  You refused to take a stand against him and wrote things about him.  You were given many chances to rebuke Hitler and you would not

RE: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks

2003-03-23 Thread ShieldsFamily
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Slade Henson Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 1:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks   Thank you, Brother... and Shalom!   -- slade   Do not hit the REPLY button when responding to this email. Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [TruthTalk] Ad hominem remarks

2003-03-22 Thread Slade Henson
Thank you, Brother... and Shalom!   -- slade   Do not hit the REPLY button when responding to this email. Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] directly. My hotmail account is used exclusively for out-going email. Thank you. - Original Message - From: Marlin Halverson To: [EMAIL PR