Pence opposed stem cell research done with stem cells taken from aborted fetuses, even though aborting fetuses is **illegal** and even though stem cell therapies are extremely promising.
"...is illegal if done for this purpose" (I don't know American law on this point!)
"Christians have their own theologies (a lot of them!) and I’m not trying to tell them what they believe. That’s up to them. I’m simply pointing out that if they maintain that Muslims worship a different god, they are saying there is more than one god, which is contrary to most known Christian doctrine."
I don't think your conditional is true: your antecedent is not logically sufficient for your consequent. Christians may be implying that Muslims worship another "God", but that God is nothing--Muslims (in general?) worship something that does not exist--a fake god.
In light of your analysis of the origins of words and your other evidence, this possibility is probably a deeply confused one for most (all?) Christians to maintain, but it is logically possible.
Thanks for the article, as always!
--Tim
PS a type-o?
Pence opposed stem cell research done with stem cells taken from aborted fetuses, even though aborting fetuses is **illegal** and even though stem cell therapies are extremely promising.
"...is illegal if done for this purpose" (I don't know American law on this point!)
"Christians have their own theologies (a lot of them!) and I’m not trying to tell them what they believe. That’s up to them. I’m simply pointing out that if they maintain that Muslims worship a different god, they are saying there is more than one god, which is contrary to most known Christian doctrine."
I don't think your conditional is true: your antecedent is not logically sufficient for your consequent. Christians may be implying that Muslims worship another "God", but that God is nothing--Muslims (in general?) worship something that does not exist--a fake god.
In light of your analysis of the origins of words and your other evidence, this possibility is probably a deeply confused one for most (all?) Christians to maintain, but it is logically possible.
--Tim