Jeremiah 29:8
"For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream."
Most of us would be alarmed if we knew how many people harbored beliefs in false teaching.
For example, and please note that I voted for President Trump but, The fact-checking organization "Politifact" rates only 16 percent of the President’s statements as true during his tenure. You do not even want to know what Mr. Bidens rating is.
Another example.......
Moving away from the political arena for a moment, consider whether the following statements are true or false:
We only use 10 percent of our brains.
We lose most of our body heat through our heads.
If you swallow chewing gum, it will stay in your system for seven years.
Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis.
If you answered “true” to any of these, you’re guilty of believing falsehoods.
Now think about, Why do people so easily believe false religious teachings?????
1. The Availability Heuristic.
This is a mental shortcut that can lead us to overestimate the frequency of an event when that event is more “available” or vivid in our memory......or as some know = Last in First out!
2. Emotional Reasoning.
This is when we allow "feelings/emotions" about virtually any emotionally charged topic, whether we’re talking about sex, religion, money, crime, or war. You see.......our feeling will lie to us.
3. Confirmation Bias
Once we have a belief, we tend to cling to it, even when it’s untrue, because we LIKE WHAT WE KNOW EVEN IF WHAT WE KNOW IS WRONG! This is the tendency to seek out information that supports what we already believe. We do this in two important ways. First, we tend to surround ourselves with messages that confirm our pre-existing opinions. This is why, in the U.S., conservatives tend to get their news from sources like Fox, whereas liberals tune into MSNBC.
Second, we tend to ignore or discount messages that disprove our beliefs. If we’re sure that climate change is a hoax and someone shows us a research study disputing this belief, we might dismiss the study’s findings by saying that the researcher is obviously biased or corrupt. This protects us from having to change our beliefs. When our ideas are true, this probably isn’t such a bad thing. Unfortunately, it also can keep us firmly believing things are false.
Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...true?msclkid=8dbace37cfb011ecb0c4b130e2ff4e98
These are some basic reasons why we see arguments and confontations with other Christians who have been taught Bible information from sources different that ours. It would be advisable IMHO that when we start to feel angry, or scared or confrontational when talking to others about Bible theology that we try and remember these 3 basic reasons for what we are experiencing.
"For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream."
Most of us would be alarmed if we knew how many people harbored beliefs in false teaching.
For example, and please note that I voted for President Trump but, The fact-checking organization "Politifact" rates only 16 percent of the President’s statements as true during his tenure. You do not even want to know what Mr. Bidens rating is.
Another example.......
Moving away from the political arena for a moment, consider whether the following statements are true or false:
We only use 10 percent of our brains.
We lose most of our body heat through our heads.
If you swallow chewing gum, it will stay in your system for seven years.
Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis.
If you answered “true” to any of these, you’re guilty of believing falsehoods.
Now think about, Why do people so easily believe false religious teachings?????
1. The Availability Heuristic.
This is a mental shortcut that can lead us to overestimate the frequency of an event when that event is more “available” or vivid in our memory......or as some know = Last in First out!
2. Emotional Reasoning.
This is when we allow "feelings/emotions" about virtually any emotionally charged topic, whether we’re talking about sex, religion, money, crime, or war. You see.......our feeling will lie to us.
3. Confirmation Bias
Once we have a belief, we tend to cling to it, even when it’s untrue, because we LIKE WHAT WE KNOW EVEN IF WHAT WE KNOW IS WRONG! This is the tendency to seek out information that supports what we already believe. We do this in two important ways. First, we tend to surround ourselves with messages that confirm our pre-existing opinions. This is why, in the U.S., conservatives tend to get their news from sources like Fox, whereas liberals tune into MSNBC.
Second, we tend to ignore or discount messages that disprove our beliefs. If we’re sure that climate change is a hoax and someone shows us a research study disputing this belief, we might dismiss the study’s findings by saying that the researcher is obviously biased or corrupt. This protects us from having to change our beliefs. When our ideas are true, this probably isn’t such a bad thing. Unfortunately, it also can keep us firmly believing things are false.
Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...true?msclkid=8dbace37cfb011ecb0c4b130e2ff4e98
These are some basic reasons why we see arguments and confontations with other Christians who have been taught Bible information from sources different that ours. It would be advisable IMHO that when we start to feel angry, or scared or confrontational when talking to others about Bible theology that we try and remember these 3 basic reasons for what we are experiencing.