For many religious people, their entire world revolves around their "holy" books.
This is especially true when their religion and/or religious leaders censor what books or knowledge they have access to. You'll see a lot of people who are raised in very conservative religious communities often haven't had access to literature beyond their holy books and a few approved titles. And those raised in such communities become lost when they travel into the wider world. This is part of the reason such communities become more and more insular as time passes.
However, in regards to why many religious people use their scriptures and books as evidence, it's often because they truly believe that the writings constitute such evidence and expect the rest of us to accept the world as they see it. In fact, many I've encountered seem to be at a loss why we don't accept the writings as definitive proof as they have.
This frequently leads to the circular argument, "I know the bible is correct because it's the word of god, and I know it's the word of god because the bible says so".
You'll find a similar mind-set with the creationists here and elsewhere. They will always cite non-scientific, creationist literature/websites for their promotion of creationism, while absolutely refusing to go to science sites that are peer reviewed because they're supposedly a in a conspiracy to deny the word of their deity.
This is especially true when their religion and/or religious leaders censor what books or knowledge they have access to. You'll see a lot of people who are raised in very conservative religious communities often haven't had access to literature beyond their holy books and a few approved titles. And those raised in such communities become lost when they travel into the wider world. This is part of the reason such communities become more and more insular as time passes.
However, in regards to why many religious people use their scriptures and books as evidence, it's often because they truly believe that the writings constitute such evidence and expect the rest of us to accept the world as they see it. In fact, many I've encountered seem to be at a loss why we don't accept the writings as definitive proof as they have.
This frequently leads to the circular argument, "I know the bible is correct because it's the word of god, and I know it's the word of god because the bible says so".
You'll find a similar mind-set with the creationists here and elsewhere. They will always cite non-scientific, creationist literature/websites for their promotion of creationism, while absolutely refusing to go to science sites that are peer reviewed because they're supposedly a in a conspiracy to deny the word of their deity.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
