re: Conservatism doesn’t always equal Christianity

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Reading a fact in a book you didn't observe doesn't make it opinion.

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Exactly, which is why relying on it wouldn't be an appeal to authority.

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I'm just making a point that much of what we "know" we have actually taken for fact from someone we trust, not because we've observed it ourselves.

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While that's true, it's not an appeal to authority.

Appeal to Authority: Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered.

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