He's not the only one. I admit I'm having trouble understanding you.Magma2's response to my participation in this thread shows that he hasn't really been following what I have been saying.
Again you misunderstand Scripturalism. It does not preclude what you call "inductive arguments". It does imply that any claims to draw infallible universals from particulars is a fallacy. I've shown why many times and this has been ignored.My quibble is not over Civbert's different senses of the word "to know." I grant that words are used in different ways. But I can do this consistently because my realist epistemology allows me to accept the inductive method of Bible study. Civbert's does not;
By that statement, you have discounted almost everything you have posted here. If opinions are worthless, then should stop waisting time posting. Your actions however contradict your assertion..... their defense is nothing more than opinion, and worthless.
Try to look past the connotations and understand the denotation of "opinion". The difference between opinion and knowledge has nothing to do with worth. It's a technical difference. An opinion is simply a belief that (even if strongly supported) can not be justified infallibly from a priori knowledge.
But opinions are extremely useful, and you could not function without them. In my opinion, if opinions are worthless, then we might as will shut down the board and burn all of our commentaries and stop driving our cars, etc, etc.
Maybe if you tried a little harder to understand my views instead of trying to tell me what my view are, then we could talk to each other. Ask some questions and don't be so quick to dismiss what you don't understand. Maybe use fewer labels and give more explanations. Try answering my questions so I can better understand you views. Offer some alternatives if you think they are better. Let me know when you are interested.