(November 14, 2020 at 11:39 am)MilesAbbott81 Wrote:(November 14, 2020 at 9:46 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: Every Catholic nun and priest I have ever known (and quite a few Protestant ministers) would disagree with your interpretation of scripture.
Appeals to authority aren't arguments. I tell you that the Catholic church is a rotten tree that produces rotten fruit, and the same goes for all of nominal Christendom, with some exceptions, of course. Mystery Babylon (the church system) has the blood of many saints on its hands. Some escape her, most don't. In other words, their opinions mean nothing.
Appeals to authority are in fact legitimate arguments if there is good reason to believe that the authority called upon has specific competence regarding the subject.