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On the Sunday Special with @BenShapiro I made the point that Christians should not cite the Bible when arguing about cultural issues with people who don't believe in the Bible. I've sustained a fair amount of criticism for this point, which I thought was rather obvious.
In order to persuade someone, you have to connect with them on a level they understand and use arguments they find convincing. If you appeal to an authority that they do not think is an authority, your argument will succeed in making you look pious but it will fail to persuade.
In order to cite the Bible, you first must establish it as an authority, which is a completely different argument and not one that needs to be injected into a discussion of abortion, immigration, transgenderism, etc.
If you insist on quoting the Bible in an argument with non-believers, you are essentially deciding that every argument must be a theological argument. You have sworn off logic, reason, and science as authorities altogether.
This, again, may make you look pious, but you will never persuade anyone of anything, ever, period. And you also make Christianity look like an utterly irrational religion filled with people who cannot grasp any concept or make any case or any point without quoting Bible verses.
