"Lord Jesus, I ask that you remove my prejudices and pre-conceived ideas. Let me see this as you, Father, would have me see this without any other influence, but You. In Jesus name, Amen."
Blainer) Nope. I am saying we tend to perceive truth through the
windows of our biases. It is like when we see the world through
rose-colored glasses. We do not see what is actually out there, we see
it tinted to make it appear acceptable to our senses. Our biases filter
the "light" so we can accept what we otherwise might not want to accept.
Our biases function to prevent anything being admitted into our
consciousness that is incongruent with our preconceived notions, beliefs,
etc. I see them as being ego-protective devices. Our religion is an
important part of our self-definition, who and what we are and stand for,
is it not? We need to protect that as much as possible, or we cease to
be who we conceive ourselves to be.
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:20:15 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Glenn - I have a problem with this "bias" stuff. Are you implying
> that all
> truth is dependent upon one's bias?
