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Protestantism frees Christians from false doctrines
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October 11, 2018July 12, 2022Opinion

Protestantism frees Christians from false doctrines

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Everyone knows that at Hillsdale, the “Protestant-Catholic” debate will come up continuously. I see this as a good thing. Hillsdale is full of students who take their faith seriously, which means presenting reasons for believing it, and (hopefully) sincerely considering the reasons presented by others. In the spirit of good, old-fashioned pot-stirring, then, and in...

Letter to the Editor: Appeal to authority is not fallacious
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April 27, 2017July 12, 2022Opinion, Opinion 2016

Letter to the Editor: Appeal to authority is not fallacious

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In the April 20th edition of the Collegian, Anders Hagstrom writes that Christians should cite facts, not scripture, to justify political policies. This is false. Hagstrom argues that citing scripture is illegitimate because it constitutes a fallacious appeal to authority: “Basic logic says that appealing to authority is a fallacy,” he writes. This is incorrect....