(March 22, 2012 at 5:42 pm)Faith No More Wrote: [quote='rbak923']Point taken, I guess this is a little bit like looking at a painting or watching a movie. No two minds percieve the same stimulus the same way... but perhaps if you try to understand a created thing through trying to know the artist who created it, you can understand what he was trying to convey by creating the object in the first place.
It is most likely your pattern seeking brain perceiving a correlation that does not exist. Our brains are highly adept at perceiving patterns where there are none.
For example - by getting to know a painter and his works, you would train your mind on "what to look for" when trying to recognize his particular style of painting. Your brain would probably have to view several paintings to be "trained" in this fashion.
Perhaps the same might be said of listening to Christian Testimonies from lots of different people.
