Perversion of word meaning is used to defend false premises. Note we never talk about a mother's right to murder her unborn child, but we quibble over blocking women's health care.
We never talk about a non-parental right to mutilate adolescents, but we quibble over blocking health care for kids.
If someone cannot defend their biblical view by explaining the apparent meaning of scriptural passages, often we see efforts to besmirch the advocates of truth. For example, say a person points our the ESV mistranslation of Revelation 13:8 which is a factually correct assessment. Those defending the error might charge the messenger of truth with attacking the scholarship of the ESV translators even though the assessment was made without any special training in translation.
Ever wonder why so many posts disparage the person holding a differing view?
1) What you are missing (against the man)
2) Such a false teaching would mean that the Potter was subject to the whims of the clay, (strawman)
3) If you cannot see that (against the man)
4) Nonsense. You routinely engage in intellectual misrepresentation (against the man)
5) I notice that God is not present in your world. (strawman)
6) What Bible did you get that from (strawman)
Anytime you see charges disparaging the person rather than the position a red flag should drop, as fallacious argumentation is being used to bolster an argument. Also anytime you see strawman arguments, fallacious argumentation is being used to change the topic.
We never talk about a non-parental right to mutilate adolescents, but we quibble over blocking health care for kids.
If someone cannot defend their biblical view by explaining the apparent meaning of scriptural passages, often we see efforts to besmirch the advocates of truth. For example, say a person points our the ESV mistranslation of Revelation 13:8 which is a factually correct assessment. Those defending the error might charge the messenger of truth with attacking the scholarship of the ESV translators even though the assessment was made without any special training in translation.
Ever wonder why so many posts disparage the person holding a differing view?
1) What you are missing (against the man)
2) Such a false teaching would mean that the Potter was subject to the whims of the clay, (strawman)
3) If you cannot see that (against the man)
4) Nonsense. You routinely engage in intellectual misrepresentation (against the man)
5) I notice that God is not present in your world. (strawman)
6) What Bible did you get that from (strawman)
Anytime you see charges disparaging the person rather than the position a red flag should drop, as fallacious argumentation is being used to bolster an argument. Also anytime you see strawman arguments, fallacious argumentation is being used to change the topic.
