Mr. Nance,

Regarding question no. 10 on page 252: What is the reason for its invalidity? Does the pure hypothetical syllogism also use the five rules of validity? The argument is:

If he is the Antichrist, then he opposes God’s people.
If he is the Beast, then he opposes Gods people.
Therefore, if he is the Antichrist, then he is the Beast.

Is the Beast major term? And is the Antichrist the minor term? How do we make it into valid categorical syllogism? Continue reading The Antichrist and the Beast Syllogism →