(October 25, 2015 at 5:44 pm)Esquilax Wrote: I'm still wondering how one differentiates between a core and peripheral doctrine, beyond "what Delicate needs at any given time." Right now this just seems like another one of those roadblock terms christian apologists are so fond of, that can be deployed any time there's a need to just halt a discussion before the christian is shown up as wrong, but has no set definition so it can apply to whatever's convenient.
Let Bill Maher help you. Here he refers to those "core doctrines" as "The stupidest part!"