Our whole world (view) is wrong
The whole world (view) is wrong
Confirmation bias is basically when you only see the world one way, and then everything you see, even if it speaks against your perspective, you simply ignore or somehow fold into your already "perfect worldview."
That's why people who have everything wrong won't change everything, but just tweak minor things in hopes that will solve the issues they see.
I've seen this recently in terms of modern outreach technique that evangelicals use. Young people today need real, full, and complete relationships, and I'm talking about in the USA, or they won't trust you. Fundamentally everything the older generations do in terms of their relationship and outreach approach is wrong. At least from a standpoint of the younger generations. It is not our techniques to outreach that are weak, it is not our line of questioning, it is an unwillingness to actually be deeply involved in others lives that is the problem. And this is a cultural problem that ALL of the USA has. Except for younger people. They want this more and more. But older generations, whether Christian or not, don't. We are shallow and distant. So we try to solve outreach issues with band-aids and old time approaches that do not work.
What we need to say is "our whole world is wrong." And change and relate and let people in to our lives. This means admitting there is something wrong about our whole worldview. It means being willing to say we are just shallow, in the whole way we do life. And we need to change.
Confirmation bias is basically when you only see the world one way, and then everything you see, even if it speaks against your perspective, you simply ignore or somehow fold into your already "perfect worldview."
That's why people who have everything wrong won't change everything, but just tweak minor things in hopes that will solve the issues they see.
I've seen this recently in terms of modern outreach technique that evangelicals use. Young people today need real, full, and complete relationships, and I'm talking about in the USA, or they won't trust you. Fundamentally everything the older generations do in terms of their relationship and outreach approach is wrong. At least from a standpoint of the younger generations. It is not our techniques to outreach that are weak, it is not our line of questioning, it is an unwillingness to actually be deeply involved in others lives that is the problem. And this is a cultural problem that ALL of the USA has. Except for younger people. They want this more and more. But older generations, whether Christian or not, don't. We are shallow and distant. So we try to solve outreach issues with band-aids and old time approaches that do not work.
What we need to say is "our whole world is wrong." And change and relate and let people in to our lives. This means admitting there is something wrong about our whole worldview. It means being willing to say we are just shallow, in the whole way we do life. And we need to change.
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