A single paragraph from ch 1, vol 2

        Before moving forward, we should note that Ellis’ comment about Russellites and social issues is echoed into the Twentieth Century.[1] However, a view of the world contrary to our own does not indicate that doctrine is false. Bible doctrine, assuming one believes the book inspired, is determined by its adherence to Scripture. The same is true of later comments on Russell’s morals. A long-standing approach by those clergy wanting to suppress a doctrine was to disparage the character of its proponents. This is one of the major logic fallacies. It is the fallacy of Pretended Danger: Imputation of bad character to deflect an argument.   It is meant to draw attention from the issues to the man raising them. If the author or promoter of the claims made has a bad character there is no reason to accept what he says. This is a common fallacy among polemicists, because it relieves them and their readers from the obligation to refute or reason. It is also too common among some who present themselves as historians.

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[1]               See The Spectator, Volume 203, August 21, 1959, page 223.