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1. The human heart is depraved ...
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Define depraved. According to M-W the word dates from the 14th century. What word was used before then?
And how do you know "the human heart is depraved?"
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... and wants to believe what it wants. You even quoted a guy who said this!
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Who and when?
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2. Because of the above so few are teachable by God.
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Ergo, God (if he exists) is not omnipotent.
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3. I know God exists ...
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How?
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4. Appealing to two cults and attempting to draw parallels between them and biblical Christianity is fallacy of false analogy ...
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The parallels do not constitute an analogy. An analogy requires an
analog, i.e., something that shares pertinent features, but not all features, with the object under study. A medical student may practice open heart surgery on a pig because the heart of a pig is very similar to a human heart. The pig is an analog but no one is claiming that the pig is human. The pertinent features between Smith, Hubbard and Christ are that they all claimed to have revealed knowledge. The pertinent question is: why reject Smith and Hubbard while accepting Christ?
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... and false equivalency.
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Ditto.
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5. The scriptures provide their own tests for determining what is false and what isn't. None of the cults can pass these tests.
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Using scripture to prove scripture. You are back to circular reasoning.
