It is, however, a fallacious form of argumentation.
It's called "bagging the questions" and , as such, it is ad
hom.
What on earth are you talking about JD, I never
bagged any of
his questions. I answered one and the other
is on hold until
he responds to mine.
Whether you agree with accepted definition or not, the simple fact
that you admit such statements to be "fallacious form[s] of
argumentation"
should be enough to cause one to be more consistent in one's
presentation.
I have not dismissed anyone because of
association, identifying the
source of something as being the Church Fathers
rather than the
Word of God is not exactly doing this even if
Bill thinks it so.
Regarding the use of the word "Moromon:" if such
application takes one
from the subject at hand , it is ad hom. In Judy's mind,
attaching one to the
early church fathers is a bad thing (for
starters) and forces Bill to leave
the subject at hand and make explanation or defend himself on a
matter
that is off subject.
You have no idea what goes on in Judy's mind JD
and I thought we had
agreed that I would not be the topic of your
discussions or rantings.
The truth of the debated questions has nothing to do with the chruch
fathers
and whether or not Bill appreciateds their value.
jd
There were no debated questions It began as
follows about this hypostatic union
which came out of the Council at Nicea. What is
so offensive about calling it what
it is?. None of the apostles taught this,
nor did Jesus say it of Himself.
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006
10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Christ
as the incarnate God
An interesting aside, perhaps, on the terminology of
"hypostatic union": The Greek word hupostasis is a compound
of hupos which means "under" and stasis
which means "to stand"; hence in this phrase we have the
"understanding" union. That understanding may not be exhaustive,
but it is real and true nonetheless. This is the case with all our
understanding of God: because we are finite and he infinite, it is
impossible for us to fully comprehend him, but that is not to say that
we can know him to our fullest potential; that is, to really know
him.
By the way, I don't want to leave yous thinking that
hupostasis meant the same to the patristics that
"understanding" means to us. To them, this word came closer to meaning
"standing-under." The humanity of Christ stood
under his divinity by way of union. Were it not for that
standing-under union, his humanity, along with all humanity, would
have fallen.
Bill
From:
"David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Bill wrote:
> > If you do like the label, then please cease with
> > the ad hominem arguments, attaching me to
> >
the fathers and dismissing my comments on
> > the basis of
that association; for when you do
> > that, you are
employing a fallacious form of
> > argumentation.
>
> Attaching you to the fathers is not an ad hominem argument.
It is no
> different than calling the LDS adherents in this
forum "Mormons." It is,
> however, a fallacious form of
argumentation. You are no more wrong for
> reading the church
fathers and accepting some of what they say than DaveH is
>
wrong for reading the Book of Mormon. It would be fallacious for
someone to
> argue with DaveH by saying, "but the Book of
Mormon taught you that, or the
&g t; Mormon church taught you
that, so you m ust be wrong!"
>
> Bill wrote:
>
> Judy, I am asking you to please address the
> > content
of my statements. Rebut them if you
> > wish -- with
Scripture or whatever other source
> > you would like to use
...
>
> Yes, Judy, please oblige Bill in this regard.
Thanks.
>
> Peace be with you.
> David Miller.
>
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> you ought to
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