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My starting premise is God, and with penitent humility, God is my foregone conclusion.
It's not an argument of any type. It's a humble acknowledgment of He who is in control.
What you said, specifically, was, "That's all assuming you know god's plan which is heretical." A prophet is someone who knows God's plan as it applies to many people. So yes, you claimed that prophets are heretics. Now I'm no prophet, but like any Christian, I maintain a relationship with God and I read Scripture, so I know God's plan to the limited extent He reveals it to me. That's not heresy.
You're either with God or you're against God. Anyone who sides with Satan cannot be trusted. They might indeed make true statements or valid arguments now and then, but they can only do so in service of the Beast, attempting to lead others down the road to Hell.
Nothing wrong with respecting authorities, and trusting their assessments. God is, after all, the Lord of Lords and King of Kings.
I don't deny there's a non-zero chance of the discussion playing out that way, but in practice I think there are just about zero climate scientists who call themselves Christians yet also think human beings could have caused climate change. If you find any examples, I'll be rather curious what denominations they affiliate with. There are certainly a few crazy leftist denominations out there that seem to have fully rejected God, so it's possible a few such climate scientists exist. If they do, and you were to find them, of course you're right that I'd have to question their church's Statement of Faith. But that's no fallacy; it's just recognizing that Christianity is incompatible with the premise that humans could possibly cause climate change.
My only goal post is your acceptance of Christ.
You have no method to reach truth then, because you've shut out the possibility of anybody other than you being correct. That is incredibly vain.
It's not a formal argument, but you know what I meant.
That's not what I said though. I never even used the word in the first place.
And as a result you cannot dismiss evidence based on who is presenting it.
You've completely missed my point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
It's a true scottsman fallacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Then I would recommend that you familiarize yourself with how logical fallacies work, because you've been using so many of them.