We believe that among God's good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator. To argue that God's loving plan of salvation for humanity precludes the full employment of the God-given faculty of reason is to attempt to limit God, an act of hubris.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
Hey, if the people teaching the religion are saying "Uh, no, the religion doesn't prohibit or contradict that, and you're doing something AGAINST the religion by trying to stop it", that's gotta mean something.
"Argument from authority" implies that the authority in question is not qualified to be treated as a source - for example, "this car is safest because Mick Jagger likes it" versus "This car is safest because all the studies and tests from people who do this professionally say so."
Not neccessarily. "218 scientists say astrology is bunkum" is argument from authority. "The research of 218 scientists indicates that astrology is bunkum" is not.
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Date: 2004-12-20 10:30 am (UTC)We believe that among God's good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator. To argue that God's loving plan of salvation for humanity precludes the full employment of the God-given faculty of reason is to attempt to limit God, an act of hubris.
Word.
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Date: 2004-12-20 10:32 am (UTC)- Galileo Galilei
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Date: 2004-12-20 12:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-20 01:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-20 01:22 pm (UTC)"Argument from authority" implies that the authority in question is not qualified to be treated as a source - for example, "this car is safest because Mick Jagger likes it" versus "This car is safest because all the studies and tests from people who do this professionally say so."
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Date: 2004-12-20 01:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-20 02:15 pm (UTC)