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“The offense caused by the truth does not detract from the necessity of the truth. On the other hand, rash words can devastate.”

By Filings on Tue, 06/30/20
Christian Living
Public Discourse
Words
Ad Hominem
Debate

“The Latin term ad hominem literally means ‘to the man.’ … ‘attacking the person of a source rather than his or her qualifications or reliability, or the actual argument he or she makes.’” - Ref21

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Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand.

(ESV, Philippians 4:5)

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