Two posters say their opinion is from God, yet disagree. Now what?

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You originally said, "The word heretick comes from 2 Greek words and means opinionated one." It does not come from two Greek words dcontroversal it comes from one (Strong #138 αἱρέω). And it does not mean opinionated. Please Look at the LSJ below. Plato used the root of the word (Strong's#138) in the sense of "able to choose". It is a choice not opinionated.
Due to the context in Titus 3:10 this choice can have negative cogitation causing division; hence the second entry factious; schismatic, a division maker; however not opinionated.

From the LSJ
αἱρετ-ικός , ή , όν , ( αἱρέω ) able to choose , Pl. Def. 412a ; due to choice , οἰκείωσις Hierocl. p.41.5A. , Anon. in Tht. 7.40.
2. factious, Ep.Tit. 3.10.
3. Astrol., belonging to the 'condition' , Paul.Al. Q. 2.
4. Adv. -κῶς from choice , D.L. 7.126 , Hierocl. p.41.7 A.

Apparently this factious nature of the word as used in Titus is all that Bauer deemed worthy of noting.
From the BDAG
αἱρετικός, ή, όν (in Ps.-Pla., Definit. 412a; Aelian, NA 6, 59; Hierocles Stoic. [I/II A.D.] Eth. 9, 5; here 7 and Diog. L. 7, 126 also the adv.; subst. pl. οἱ αἱ. Iren. 5, 13, 2 [Harv. II 356, 8] al.) pert. to causing divisions, factious, division-making. ἄνθρωπος αἱ. division-maker Tit 3:10 (s. αἵρεσις 1b, c).—TW.

Mounce concurs in his work.
G141
αἱρετικός hairetikos 1x
one who creates or fosters factions, Tit_3:10

As does Thayer in his unabridged work
G141
αἱρετικός, (ή, (see αἱρέω);
1. fitted or able to take or choose a thing; rare in secular authors.

2. schismatic, factious, a follower of false doctrine: Tit_3:10.


Incidentally HELPS Word-studies is not lexicon used in any seminary or College that I know of. And it does not say the word means opinionated, it says it means A factious person. nor does it cite that the words comes from two Greek words.

Cognate: 141 hairetikós (an adjective, derived from 138 /hairéomai, "to choose, have a distinctive opinion") – a factious person, specializing in half-truths and misimpressions "to win others over" to their personal opinion(misguided zeal) – while creating harmful divisions (used only in Tit 3:10).See 139 (hairesis).
Sure it does....study deeper.......divisive, opinionated and schismatic.....exactly what it means....sorry if you cannot accept it....study the origin of the word....it comes from two words.....not gonna argue...take it or leave it....end of story!

hairetikos: causing division
Original Word: αἱρετικός, ή, όν
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hairetikos
Phonetic Spelling: (hahee-ret-ee-kos')
Definition: causing division
Usage: disposed to form sects, sectarian, heretical, factious.