If a christian reveres a bone of long-dead person and believes that it has all sorts of magical healing powers, this strange disposition is not caused by some property of the bone itself that makes people believe in its healing powers.
In the previous comment, I argued the possibility and implication of such situation; it’s also not completely out of the question that the text itself has nontrivial probability of brainwashing people even in the absence of the huge social infrastructure currently surrounding it.
There is no point in demonstrating examples where something has an effect on its own perception, we all know such examples exist.
If a christian reveres a bone of long-dead person and believes that it has all sorts of magical healing powers, this strange disposition is not caused by some property of the bone itself that makes people believe in its healing powers.
In the previous comment, I argued the possibility and implication of such situation; it’s also not completely out of the question that the text itself has nontrivial probability of brainwashing people even in the absence of the huge social infrastructure currently surrounding it.
There is no point in demonstrating examples where something has an effect on its own perception, we all know such examples exist.