1 John 4:1 compared to The No True Scotsman Fallacy and sophisms

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Is it wise to post a thread with one title and then not discuss that at all in your OP? We may not discuss.

Losty,


You may think questions are a great start to discussions sometimes and explain a lot in themselves, did you not enter this discussion with only a question thinking it explained a lot ?

Do you believe The No True Scotsman Fallacy is true ?

Basically in 1 John 4:1 the narrator is saying that he's the only true prophet.  He established the criteria for judging the spirits (prophets) by claiming that if they don't agree with his criteria then they are false prophets. He essentially said that all of the earlier prophets (such as Moses) mentioned in the fairy tales are false prophets because they didn't mention the Jesus character.