(January 2, 2016 at 1:34 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(January 2, 2016 at 1:27 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Yeah, this is complete poppycock. I've studied cognitive bias and what you speak of is well within its purview.Ok a non-Muslims studies Islam. Decides to become Muslim. Why would he read the Quran but not see the clarification of this issue if it was clarified? What bias does he have towards Sunnism when he doesn't come from that sect?
You're ignoring the perfectly good explanation because you don't know. Ignorance of the effects of bias =/= demons and dark forces.
How can confirmation bias play a role here?
Let's even go further. A Shia has confirmation bias to see his sect is right? Why would many read the Quran but not see the clarification of this issue in many of it's instances if it was clarified in those instances?
Either the issue is not clarified in those verses or this something else then bias going on.
Conformation bias, see if you can spot the pattern.
I like the God of the Christian bible=The bible says=Therefore the Jesus is the one real god.
I like the Jewish God Yahweh= The Jewish OT says= Therefore Yahweh is the one real god.
I like the Hindu gods=The Vedas say= Therefore the Hindu gods are the real gods.
If you go into a claim from the start wanting it to be true, your ignorance is simply allowing you to fish for excuses to cling to the belief, add a bunch of other people holding the same beliefs as you, there is your conformation bias.
A real test to know if something is true, goes outside your own personal bias.
That is what makes scientific method universal. Religion merely gets spread through marketing. Science acts as a tool to filter out personal bias.
