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Why do people quote Bible verses like it's fact and think I'll simply agree with them?
The same reason people quote newspaper articles, cable TV news, history books and other materials.
05-28-2012, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by tillman7
The same reason people quote newspaper articles, cable TV news, history books and other materials.
Those sources are at least occasionally backed up with facts.
Bible verses, as most frequently used, are simply an appeal to authority. No factual support, just a verse carefully chosen to back up someone's personal opinion.
Those sources are at least occasionally backed up with facts.
Bible verses, as most frequently used, are simply an appeal to authority. No factual support, just a verse carefully chosen to back up someone's personal opinion.
And news is sometimes firsthand. The bible is a translation of a translation of a translation of a translation that was repeatedly edited by rulers.
Those sources are at least occasionally backed up with facts.
Bible verses, as most frequently used, are simply an appeal to authority. No factual support, just a verse carefully chosen to back up someone's personal opinion.
And, as with so many Fundamentalists, it replaces critical thinking, or thinking in general.
I doubt that many have actual opinions of their own, instead they have their Handy Dandy Big Book of Answers.
Because they use the bible as a replacement for thinking for themselves and using logic....all that thinky stuff wears them out
Yep. Faith precludes reason. As a Catholic I believe that the bread and wine at Mass are transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ. Do I recognize how insane this makes me sound to people who aren't Catholics? Absolutely. And I'm ok with that.
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