(April 26, 2012 at 12:28 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Try.
Person says x is true
Person is knowledgeable in the field of x.
Person demonstrates the veracity of statement x within their field.
The first two bits are just introduction. It's the third bit that counts.
Well, that would make a difference I guess. I rarely see that third bit though when I hear from people that their use of appeal to authority is special.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
