Logos, Ethos, and Pathos

Logos- If you are a sinner, you are going to hell.

Ethos- When alluding to the Bible he is using expert testimony.

Pathos- Fear is introduced thoroughly before a smidge of hope is given.

     Logs, ethos, and pathos are used in this writing, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” through different ways. Logos is more along the lines of the minister’s logic; if you are a sinner who has not been reborn, you are going to hell. This is obviously not factual, it is the speaker/writers own logic. Ethos is a little subtler. It uses his position as a minister and his use of expert testimony and allusion to the Bible to back up his arguments. The most persuasive example of pathos is that he makes everyone extremely fearful of God dropping them into the pits of hell like a spider, before letting them see the smallest bit of hope that maybe they don't have to go to hell if they are reborn. The claim or argument that is strongest is the claim that God is angry if you are a sinner and that he will send you to hell. Without any one of these three things the argument would not have been able to be nearly as strong and persuasive.