The preacher’s fallacy or, no, the Greeks didn’t have a word for it

Via Marshall M. This is great! (Thoughtful/religion-and-linguistic geeky, and funny to boot.)

The preacher’s fallacy or, no, the Greeks didn’t have a word for it:

One of the biggest warning flags in a sermon comes when the preacher says: “Now, in Greek, the word is … which (literally) means …” Sometimes they know what they’re talking about. More often they are about to pull a fast one.