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Important scriptures make people opinionated (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bigots

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'people opinionated' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'important scriptures' is the wordplay.
'important' becomes 'big' (synonyms).
'scriptures' becomes 'OTs' (OT is short for Old Testament).
'big'+'ots'='BIGOTS'

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(Other definitions for bigots that I've seen before include "Racists" , "Sectarians" , "Intolerant and prejudiced people" , "Persistently prejudiced persons" , "Intolerant, prejudiced persons" .)

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