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No, but when things are obvious, what can one do?In everything except politics of course.
I'd say that to believe something is true is to convince yourself that it's true. Or simply to accept that someone says it's true, irrespective of the evidence. Quite often it's a matter of preferences. You'd prefer A to be the case, therefore all evidence that supports A will be accepted and that which doesn't will be rejected. Or more likely ignored.
Yeah, that's the key. How can we know when we are biased? What helps us see our epistemic faults?
I have found, and this is relatively recently, that when I read or watch or hear about something (generally with a political aspect of some sort) then I sometimes make a quick value judgement before going on to read any opinions about it. If my opinion aligns with the consensus (or with the author of whatever I'm reading or watching) then I'll, play Devil's advocate and try to support the position with which I disagree.
I study semantics particular to psycholinguistics.
The Op states ---> Please avoid theological subjects. The term God in scripture is axiomatic, meaning ---> There is a source of the energy that formed all things. So, let's just say The Source of the energy that formed all things, or better yet, The Eternal.
The art of deception (mind manipulation) is about turning positives into negatives and negatives into positives, or making them appear as if they're equally the same so no one can see the difference.It's not just a matter of lying to one's self; it's consciously holding a contradiction....as if it's true! That's impossible, I think.
I have just been back to the original post, and yes, it does say "avoid theological subjects", but even so, this is a Christian forum, so it seems an unrealistic expectation to desire posters not even to refer to God as God.
The "Eternal" without any other added imagery carries sufficient meaning to use objectively. Subjectively speaking, the term God begins to be confused with religions and subjective imagery. But, objectively speaking, I agree it's an unrealistic expectation to not discuss the essence of reality. Even in physics, quantum theory is contemplating quantum fields in space and time which seems to me is exactly that which scripture is referring to as The Word of creation in John 1, which is currently unfolding in space and time.
Love others as you would want to be loved. <--- this conveys that that the term 'moral' means 'caring' how our actions affect others. It also conveys that we must hold ourselves culpable according to the same measure that we would hold others culpable lest our judgments become unrighteous, merciless, unjust, and hypocritical.
Hi Bradskii. In another post, you mentioned seeing things in black and white. I would first note that there would not be gray if there were no absolutes of black and white. And that brings to mind the thought that it's futile to try and ascertain where the Light ends and the darkness begins. What matters is ascertaining from which direction the Light is shining from.
