RE: Why is God always right?
Sun 11 May 2008
Rather than a late In-Reply-To, this is perhaps more of a digression from Nikesh’s blog entry on why God is always right.
Despite some of the mistakes and wrong choices that I have made, just as much as anyone may have, I consider myself more ethical than religious – the difference being the origins of dogmata. And if I hadn’t misunderstood Antosh’s idea of God being right, I’m not planning to go into the religious concepts of His omniscience. So why is God always right?
There’s a God in every one of us
Having pretty much finished The Road Less Travelled (the last chapter is less thought provoking than the rest of it, but does round it off quite well), I think the idea that intrigued me the most was that everyone is religious, simply not necessarily to a personal God. God, is more like a peace of mind, a tranquility that we find inside ourselves. Hence the notion, “listen to your heart. You’ll know the answer,” being analogous to God’s omniscience.
Confirmation Bias
In psychology and cognitive science, confirmation bias is a tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions and avoids information and interpretations which contradict prior beliefs.
After weeks of break from Criminal Minds, I was finally able to come back to the a BAU case, one where SSA Rossi returned to the case that has been haunting him for 20 years.
…there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
Arthur Rubinstein, US (Polish-born) composer & pianist (1886 – 1982)
So it’s all quite simple really. We have a God in every one of us that seeks out to confirm His thoughts. Being able to remain objective about life – that just takes you to a completely different realm.
