Prejudice and Bias

[NCAP]

missmuffet...
Are you a Christian Dirt Eaters?

Phil W...
It isn't as easy to determine Christians as you would think.

missmuffet...
Many, many counterfeit Christians.

NCAP...
Isn't it true that most words are labels for cognitive entities called concepts?

Dirt Eaters...
Ya but concepts are easily misconstrued.

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What is a misconstrued concept?

What would be a misconstrued concept of "Pharisee"?

What would be a misconstrued concept of "Jew"?

What would be a misconstrued concept of "Christian"?

[Jedi4Yahweh]

Misconstrued concepts is a challenge everyone has and deals with especially when it comes to religious matters.  We all have certain prejudice and bias and they are hard to overcome, but a wise person will not judge a matter until they understand both sides of the matter.  

[Starise]

I can almost see the wheels turning on some comments but I don't respond because it would only serve to fuel a fire.

I believe NCAP sees some of this too? That's about as specific as I'm going to get.

Much like the brain makes shapes out of things to try and make order if something i.e. when people sometimes think they see a helmet, a gun or a skeleton in pictures sent back from Mars. Some of it looks really convincing. Some of it needs lots of contrast, color and niggling to make it look like something. Someone, somewhere can pick a shape out of almost anything.

Another factor in all of this would be an unwillingness to see the actuality of something because they like the inaccurate picture better.

If someone disagrees with you  you have a few choices

A. Look to see if maybe you are wrong.

B. Find others who agree with you and use them as examples whether  they are really right or not.

C. Get into an online shouting match and see who can be the first to wear the other down assuming the most savvy come back will win the argument. In reality that never happens.

D. Overload the thread with more information in one post than anyone ever has the time to read.

E. Simply agree to disagree. This one is wonderful in concept, but it usually ends with a little parting snippet designed to make that person feel as if they got the last little dig in. Yeah baby!

F. Change the meanings of the terms or change the subject entirely. Then act as if it's the other person who is in the dark.

G. Act like you can't understand the other person. OK sometimes I really can't. And sometimes they probably can't entirely understand me.

I. Get all butt hurt and threaten to leave the forum, or better yet create divisions by placing the people you don't agree with on ignore. Build yourself a little loyal following that way, full of people that will let you disrespect them, but won't bring out your errors in an overt way for fear you might run away with hurt feelings and end up in hell.

Ask yourself this:

Are we here to 

- Tell the entire world we know it all and we want everyone else to know it?

- Fellowship and try to learn things together? This means we admit when we are wrong when we find out we are.

- Make sure our threads push everyone else's away, because after all you didn't like that guy's thread getting all of the views. I will push his thread to page 2. Ask yourself what motive is behind this?

I opt for the second one. That's why I'm here. I do admit to getting sidetracked and taken in sometimes by this nonsense.

 

 

[missmuffet]

1 hour ago, Starise said:

I can almost see the wheels turning on some comments but I don't respond because it would only serve to fuel a fire.

I believe NCAP sees some of this too? That's about as specific as I'm going to get.

Much like the brain makes shapes out of things to try and make order if something i.e. when people sometimes think they see a helmet, a gun or a skeleton in pictures sent back from Mars. Some of it looks really convincing. Some of it needs lots of contrast, color and niggling to make it look like something. Someone, somewhere can pick a shape out of almost anything.

Another factor in all of this would be an unwillingness to see the actuality of something because they like the inaccurate picture better.

If someone disagrees with you  you have a few choices

A. Look to see if maybe you are wrong.

B. Find others who agree with you and use them as examples whether  they are really right or not.

C. Get into an online shouting match and see who can be the first to wear the other down assuming the most savvy come back will win the argument. In reality that never happens.

D. Overload the thread with more information in one post than anyone ever has the time to read.

E. Simply agree to disagree. This one is wonderful in concept, but it usually ends with a little parting snippet designed to make that person feel as if they got the last little dig in. Yeah baby!

F. Change the meanings of the terms or change the subject entirely. Then act as if it's the other person who is in the dark.

G. Act like you can't understand the other person. OK sometimes I really can't. And sometimes they probably can't entirely understand me.

I. Get all butt hurt and threaten to leave the forum, or better yet create divisions by placing the people you don't agree with on ignore. Build yourself a little loyal following that way, full of people that will let you disrespect them, but won't bring out your errors in an overt way for fear you might run away with hurt feelings and end up in hell.

Ask yourself this:

Are we here to 

- Tell the entire world we know it all and we want everyone else to know it?

- Fellowship and try to learn things together? This means we admit when we are wrong when we find out we are.

- Make sure our threads push everyone else's away, because after all you didn't like that guy's thread getting all of the views. I will push his thread to page 2. Ask yourself what motive is behind this?

I opt for the second one. That's why I'm here. I do admit to getting sidetracked and taken in sometimes by this nonsense.

 

 

Yes, I am not going to stir the pot.