“In
the context of deductive arguments, the appeal to authority is a
logical fallacy, though it can be properly used in the context of
inductive reasoning. It is deductively fallacious because, while sound
deductive arguments are necessarily true, authorities
are not necessarily correct about judgments related to their field of
expertise. Though reliable authorities are correct in judgments related
to their area of expertise more often than laypersons, they can still
come to the wrong judgments through error, bias or dishonesty. Thus, the
appeal to authority is at best a probabilistic rather than an absolute
argument for establishing facts.” (Wikipedia)
You’re
using historian authorities to deduce that Supernatural Jesus existed,
Sean. Historians (theist or atheist) are not valid evidence that
Supernatural Jesus existed; they have no more valid evidence for the
supernatural than you do, and you have none.
-Neil Kelsey
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