According to Our Text, When Religious Followers Quote Scripture to Make

question 7

Multiple Choice

According to our text, when religious followers quote scripture to make a doctrinal point

• A) they are merely being closed minded.
• B) they are appealing to religious authority the way many of us appeal to authority for information we do not have on our own.
• C) they are incapable of thinking for themselves.
• D) they can now be confident that they cannot be mistaken.

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