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== Friday, Aug 9: Confirmation bias == | == Friday, Aug 9: Confirmation bias == | ||
We have been thinking over what it means to be "childlike" in terms of being believing in a -- the Father, which as we encountered over the last two weeks is the essence of childhood. | We have been thinking over what it means to be "childlike" in terms of being believing in a -- the Father, which as we encountered over the last two weeks is the essence of childhood. | ||
We will briefly review the last two weeks' thoughts, with this addition about "the Father" and "Our Father" | |||
* the Old Testament speaks of the 'living God" (as we discussed about the "Jesus prayer", "son of the living God") but not of "the Father," to whom the Son introduces us. God's revelation is incremental and must accommodate our biases and sinful nature (which we will discuss today). | |||
This week we will encounter the things that get our intellect in the way of our childlike faith, including | This week we will encounter the things that get our intellect in the way of our childlike faith, including | ||