Joe Heschmeyer - A Master at Arguing in Bad Faith

In this video, I respond to Joe Heschmeyer's response to Javier Perdomo. He's, sadly, a master of arguing in bad faith. He misses the point that *he's using a principle he himself rejects* in order to make his argument that "Protestants can't agree on the essentials, so Sola Scriptura is false." It's actually deplorable. I further explain why Heschmeyer isn't therefore a reliable actor--and he has everything he needs to know better. Note: Since last time Joe dismissed the video solely because of the thumbnail, a point of explanation is needed: "He knows what he's doing" is meant to indicate that I think the two best explanations for his behavior is either straight up dishonesty (he knows Javier's argument and is obfuscating) or willful ignorance (so on *some level* he knows, insofar as knowledge is bound up with willfulness and willfulness discloses some degree of knowledge, enough to be able to know better). He argues that "if Sola Scriptura is true, then those who believe in Sola Scriptura (which includes the clarity of Scripture unto the matters of salvation) should come to the same list of essentials. They do not. Ergo Sola Scriptura is false." His analogue--that if a map maker makes a map which he claims is clear to the navigation of a place, but people using the map come to disagree about how to navigate it, the map must be unclear. But that rests on a false principle. We don't infer the map is unclear solely from the fact of disagreement as to its interpretation unto navigation--and so Heschmeyer argues that if x body of data clearly yields conclusion y, then those using x in good faith should all come to conclusion y. But he rejects that very principle in the case of: -Historians disagreeing about the clarity of the evidence for the resurrection entailing that the evidence isn't clear -People disagreeing about God's existence from the natural creation because the creation is unclear as to the existence of a Creator -Those who believe in an infallible teaching authority needing to supplement Scripture coming to different conclusions about what that infallible teaching authority teaches entailing that there is no such clear infallible teaching authority That was Javier's point. And it should be obvious because it's been explained to him so many times. Alas, this is not how we Christians should do dialogue. Catholics have done better, and this should make Heschmeyer a bottom-of-the-barrel apologist. Intro Music credit: Taryn Harbridge's Cover of Be Thou My Vision, found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFjz82MSUtU Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/AnglicanAesthetics PayPal: paypal.me/seanluke1