Nadiine
12th December 2007, 08:34 AM
I think everybody has a bias towards certain things but I'm not so sure that being biased is always wrong. :scratch:
I believe Christians have a bias to be in favor of God and the Bible as His word of truth to us.
Is having a bias wrong? Or when does being biased become wrong? And is it biased when we believe the Bible is true when others think it's "proven" to have errors?
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Definitions:
3 a: bent (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bent), tendency (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tendency)
b: an inclination of temperament or outlook; especially : a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment : prejudice (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/prejudice)
c: an instance of such prejudice d
(1): deviation of the expected value of a statistical estimate from the quantity it estimates
(2): systematic error introduced into sampling or testing by selecting or encouraging one outcome or answer over others
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a mental leaning or inclination; partiality; bentbias
n.
bent (http://www.yourdictionary.com/bent), preference (http://www.yourdictionary.com/preference), leaning (http://www.yourdictionary.com/leaning); see inclination (http://www.yourdictionary.com/inclination) 1, prejudice (http://www.yourdictionary.com/prejudice). See syn. study at prejudice (http://www.yourdictionary.com/prejudice).
bias
v.
influence (http://www.yourdictionary.com/influence), prejudice (http://www.yourdictionary.com/prejudice), sway (http://www.yourdictionary.com/sway); see influence (http://www.yourdictionary.com/influence).
I believe Christians have a bias to be in favor of God and the Bible as His word of truth to us.
Is having a bias wrong? Or when does being biased become wrong? And is it biased when we believe the Bible is true when others think it's "proven" to have errors?
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Definitions:
3 a: bent (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bent), tendency (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tendency)
b: an inclination of temperament or outlook; especially : a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment : prejudice (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/prejudice)
c: an instance of such prejudice d
(1): deviation of the expected value of a statistical estimate from the quantity it estimates
(2): systematic error introduced into sampling or testing by selecting or encouraging one outcome or answer over others
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a mental leaning or inclination; partiality; bentbias
n.
bent (http://www.yourdictionary.com/bent), preference (http://www.yourdictionary.com/preference), leaning (http://www.yourdictionary.com/leaning); see inclination (http://www.yourdictionary.com/inclination) 1, prejudice (http://www.yourdictionary.com/prejudice). See syn. study at prejudice (http://www.yourdictionary.com/prejudice).
bias
v.
influence (http://www.yourdictionary.com/influence), prejudice (http://www.yourdictionary.com/prejudice), sway (http://www.yourdictionary.com/sway); see influence (http://www.yourdictionary.com/influence).