Sentences with phrase «already held beliefs»

When all we expose ourselves to is reinforcement of our already held beliefs we close ourselves off to spiritual growth and we have limited opportunities to benefit from the perspectives of others.

This so - called «scientist» writing the article makes a claim because of her indoctrination that she has modified in order to fit the facts, which is not science, it is wishing on a genie in a bottle for your already held beliefs to be true.

Input: Also as part of the fast, I will abstain from those reading materials (blogs, books, magazines, Web sites) and radio / TV programs that tend to validate my already held beliefs in favor of those that offer a different perspective.

When you can simply tune in to whichever «reporter» best reflects your political views, you only sink deeper and deeper into your already held beliefs, which is never good for productive and enlightening dialog.

They are good for solidifying an already held belief, like Penelope...

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Worse, Facebook has likely worsened or maybe even created the «filter bubble» effect in which a growing number of us mostly or only hear news that reinforces the beliefs we already hold.

But faith is not a means of gaining knowledge at all: it is a way to convince yourself of the truth of beliefs you already hold, nothing more.

Naturally, people want their pastor to affirm and strengthen their already preciously held beliefs.

- An increasing number of communication delivery systems, together with a greater diversification of programming, so that individuals can pick and choose only those messages which reinforce already held attitudes and beliefs.

And faith can do nothing to verify one belief over another; it merely strengthens that belief a person already holds.

I just couldn't resist the urge to confirm my already deeply - held belief that I am the physical incarnation of Austen's all - time greatest heroine, Elizabeth Bennett.

Mission is focused on nurturing those who already strongly hold literalist / charismatic beliefs.

Or does the bible confirm something we already hold true because of the cultural conditioning of our beliefs?

Christians hold that belief because one person, Jesus of Nazareth, has already experienced death in all its fullness and returned from the dead to live forever.

Clearly the readers wanted this article to conform to a belief that they already held.

Just two years prior to the Roe decision, the philosopher John Rawls had deployed a concept in his A Theory of Justice called «reflective equilibrium,» which largely has to do with the epistemological dynamics of arriving at a new, more «considered» belief in light of beliefs already held.

If you're familiar with our work, you already know that when a belief is almost universally held by the public, we will always go against the grain and take an opposing viewpoint.

One of the things that holds us back from making friends at any age is the belief that other people already have all the friends they need.

We risk a heightened level of confirmation bias — desire to seek out only the science that confirms our already - held beliefs and choice preferences.

The attachment parenting tenets are simple really and were so appealing to us initially because they essentially support the beliefs that we already held about parenting.

Larry Spring, superintendent of the Schenectady School District, said existing state funding formulas were already unequal — a long - held belief of many upstate districts.

The new methodology is already challenging widely held beliefs by finding that teachers can not be judged solely on the basis of their academic credentials, that classroom size is not always paramount and that students may actually be more engaged if they struggle to complete a classroom assignment.

Though there is much work to be done, Harkema believes the results from this newest study already provide enough evidence to challenge currently held beliefs about the prognosis of patients with severe spinal cord injuries.

The plan is to reverse some of the long - held misconceptions that ebook lending could lead to increased piracy and decreased sales, a belief that has already been demonstrated to be false by Kobo at Digital Book World back in 2012 when Michael Tamblyn presented sales data for Suzanne Collins» Hunger Games trilogy.

Human psychology is very adept at justifying beliefs that we already hold, especially when giving up those beliefs would require questioning our self worth and affect us adversely in material ways.

Assertions of catastrophe like this discredit your whole analysis because it shows you have an agenda to prove the beliefs you already hold.

The commonly held belief among serial ICO investors is the best qualities to look for are: teams with multiple cryptocurrency veterans who have years of experience working with this type of technology, thoughtful approaches to compliance and a secure cryptocurrency with unique features beyond what other tokens or high - tech tools already offer.

By getting out of my own way, I was able to uncover answers that were already inside of me, overcoming negative ways of thinking and old beliefs that had held me back.

In addition to the parenting beliefs and practices that each person already holds, the parent will have a different relationship with and perspective on the child than the stepparent will.