Bias

Bulletin

Dan Peters
03/31/24 - Character

Bias

Mary Schweitzer and many other scientist are finding soft tissue, collagen, DNA, amino acids, partial red blood cells and proteins in dinosaur bones. This is from dozens of sources, including Wiki, BBC, Science, etc. Mary Schweitzer’ interview on 60 minutes is a classic example of almost seeing the Elephant; you can still watch the episodes on youtube. Mary is an evolutionist, and believes in billions of years. Many scientist are still wanting to deny the findings. The elephant is, “soft tissue appears modern”, clearly not 68 million years old. Scientists are still looking for some mechanism that can explain the preservation of soft tissue for millions of years.
This is the power big-bias working in action, when a persons’ bias, paradigm, or world-view overrides all evidence. This is exactly what happened to Jesus and later to the apostles. Many times when faced with the evidence of a miracle, the Jewish leaders’ big-bias against Jesus, would not allow them to believe in him. In John 9 a man born blind was healed by Jesus. But the rulers would not believe it, so they called for more evidence. The parents are called in for questioning. They admit that their son was born blind, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. For this reason his parents said, “ He is of age; ask him.” (John 9:20-23).
Why couldn’t they accept the evidence that God was working through Jesus? Because they had already concluded that Jesus wasn’t keeping the Sabbath exactly like they do (See John 5). Instead of humbling themselves and re-evaluate Jesus based upon more evidence, they seek to kill him.
Isn’t it time you open the Bible and read Jesus with an open mind? Re-examine what he taught, how he lived while keeping your preconceived ideas at bay. You can turn to the gospel of John, and read the 21 chapters in about 2-3 hours. Of course bring some of your skepticism with you, but keep some of your mind open. Re-evaluate Jesus, chapter by chapter. Then do a google search on how many early manuscripts of this gospel we have available online today. From the second century AD until today, you will see that the book you read today is the same book they read in the first century! It is historically and archeologically validated if your mind is not big-biased against it Just like many 68 million year old fossils still have soft tissue in them today! What Elephant? The truth is that the evidence for God is much much bigger than an elephant. Dan Peters