Hi Gary! Thanks for this. What you call bias I might call perspective, but I find it interesting and enjoyed reading the post. Might even buy the book. :-)
Wow! Great to hear from you. That’s a good point. Maybe it is an /oi-ster/ versus /er-ster/ kind of thing. But many perspectives turn into biases. In the Bible’s use of the Bible, NT scholarship consistently reads backwards while Christian OT scholarship reads forwards. These hardened perspectives are a big part of why we talk past each other and figure they don’t get it.
I really agree. It is one reason why I think the area of mental model innovation is so important for us. I bump into it all the time in missions. We have these ways of seeing the world, imaginaries, that frame our understanding of life with God. It is particularly important at the edges of world Christianity. Thanks for working on our shellfish pronunciation. :-)
Hi Gary! Thanks for this. What you call bias I might call perspective, but I find it interesting and enjoyed reading the post. Might even buy the book. :-)
Paul,
Wow! Great to hear from you. That’s a good point. Maybe it is an /oi-ster/ versus /er-ster/ kind of thing. But many perspectives turn into biases. In the Bible’s use of the Bible, NT scholarship consistently reads backwards while Christian OT scholarship reads forwards. These hardened perspectives are a big part of why we talk past each other and figure they don’t get it.
Do you say /oi-ster/ or /er-ster/?
Peace, Gary
I really agree. It is one reason why I think the area of mental model innovation is so important for us. I bump into it all the time in missions. We have these ways of seeing the world, imaginaries, that frame our understanding of life with God. It is particularly important at the edges of world Christianity. Thanks for working on our shellfish pronunciation. :-)