(T)he truth of a religious quasi proposition is assumed, not verified, and this assumed truth serves to evoke further thought and inference like a metaphor in poetry, without implying or referring to anything directly. This further thought and inference are evocation in pursuit of emotional validation. The significance of a religious quasi proposition, and the inferences it evokes, resides in the ways it participates in a process of cognitive coordination between social actors so as to enhance their emotional commitment to one another. ~ Scott Atran
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