(November 4, 2015 at 9:14 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Do people think people quoting from their holy texts are always trying to prove their point to Atheists from the holy text or that just to reinforce that their view is not unique but is believed by their believing community and is supported by their holy text as well? Rather then saying "Believe in this look I quoted from the Bible", they are saying this is what I believe and it's the view of the Bible?
I think there is a missing step in the cognition.
It's more, "This is true because it's in the book [and I believe the book to be true]".