Divine Inspiration

[soldierofGod]

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"Would you agree that if you were raised Muslim, your confidence level in the proposition that Jesus is the son of god would be far lower than it is today?"


I really like your analogy here. Going further with it, by what process or method could you make the distinction between the green tint on the inside of your lens and any actual green that may be on the outside?

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1. My understanding of the entirety of Muslim belief is shallow, so please forgive any misconceptions. The short answer no not zero. To my knowledge they are to read the torah, New Testament and Quran and I believe another book. I believe they acknowledge Jesus as the head prophet and a miracle worker. I believe I would really question if I'm supposed to believe this guy Jesus when he says he is the son of God.  I would probably be some sort of messianic Imam. Like a messianic Jew but for Allah. I mean they accept miracles and are supposed to believe the prophets but if the prophet says he's the Son of God, but there can't be a son of God, because God is one.. doesn't follow to me. I think the major incompatibility is the divinity of Jesus and the Trinity, plus the additional books and a belief in prophets (some Christian denominations do the latter).

2. Using the same analogy. There are 2 points. I don't believe people can train themselves out of their unconscious biases, by definition. To identify biases I use tools like Joharri's Window and Inter-observer reliability tests to help identify biases. Your question was about minimizing bias, though. For that I use things like seeking fairness, consistent review or continuous improvement, refining and clarity of concepts and beliefs, multiple reliable source inputs, a situational approach and I tend to self-dialogue with a six hat method. If you're not familiar with that I will get you a link

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHiwpz7r4wY 

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By taking a good self-inventory and minimizing the tint in your lens that you have identified as green, all those things outside that you thought were green would then stand out as something different or change too, which would necessitate a change in paradigm. A forest green would still be consistently forest green even though your tint is now more olive. you would notice no change in those things that are substantially (not necessarily objectively) true and be able to detect less of what is now in alignment with your new abstract paradigm. You bump that up against your self-inventory , look for any cognitive dissonance and start again.

Jesus is the Prophet of God, not His son. This was added during the Nicene Council after Jesus left. Jesus never claimed to be the son of God (Allah). The "Father" is God, the "Son" is Jesus and the "Holy Spirit" is the Angel Gabriel.