Idola Specus, the fallacy of inner bias, continued
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Using the discoveries of Sir Francis Bacon, let’s shed light on a few of the many ways thinkers lose touch with reality and how those ways work together to create extremely deceptive illusions. Sir Francis Bacon categorized all fallacies under four headings: idola tribus, idola theatri, idola fori, and idola specus. We know of only one way to avoid losing touch with reality, and this way is focusing on Jesus Christ, the Truth, the Reality.
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“What’s to become of all those people who don’t see it your way?” ~ Bill Nye
In context, Bill was reacting against the Gospel when he made this statement. He could have asked, “What’s to become of me?” Ungodly thinkers who resist the Gospel don’t want to be in submission to God and don’t want to do God’s will because they don’t want to be set free from sin. Rejection of Christ is never an intellectual problem, but it’s always a spiritual problem. Lest someone think we can’t know this truth to be a fact, we know this truth by divine revelation since God says it this way:
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, so that his works may not be exposed; But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be clearly seen that what he has done has been accomplished in God. ~ John 3:19-21 Berean Study Bible
Both Christians and unbelievers can love darkness rather than light. If unbelievers persist in unbelief, they enter into this darkness more. However, Christians become insensitive to the Holy Spirit and become spiritually blinded if they continue to do what God isn’t leading them to do. Christians also become insensitive if they refuse to acknowledge God’s moment-by-moment leading, teaching, and correcting. In other words, inner bias can keep a Christian from continuing to move forward in spiritual maturity.
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