But if our intuition is
distorted by our interpretation of our past (good or bad) we may sabotage how we evaluate evidence.
Not exact matches
It is important to clarify: I am not suggesting a new approach to concordism, the hapless temptation to defend a literal
interpretation of Scripture, for example,
by distorting the latest hot topics in relativistic physics or geology.
If this debate is still being carried on
by those whose
interpretation of human existence is
distorted by what I have called falling off to one side or the other of the ridge, this essay will still be as relevant then as it is today, although the tone of urgency in which it was written will indeed be dated.
In The Christian Intellectual, Jaroslav Pelikan underscored this dilemma
by saying that the most formidable obstacle to the renewal of Christian intellectual life is «a curious alliance between the secular suspicion of an elite that has been characteristic of much of American life and a
distorted interpretation of the Reformation doctrine of the universal priesthood of all believers.»
Markos, all you are doing is taking these verses out of context.the four verses that you mention are constantly used
by people who hate islam to
distort the true meaning.First of all, you need to post the entire chapter and it's
interpretation to put it into context.You can't just take one verse out of a chapter with a couple of hundred verses and use it as proof that islam is a violent religion.The quran was revealed in small segments during the life of prophet muhammad and wasn; t revealed all at once.There is a long story to these verses which could require an entire page to tell.look it up.EVERY RELIGIOUS BOOK HAS TEXTS THAT CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.I am sure that if I look in the jewish torah, talmud or even the bible especially the old testament, i'll find many texts that I can take out of context.
«I felt that I had to write this down,» he says, «not just give a talk, because the communication process is always
distorted by repetition or the
interpretations people place on what you say — newspapermen especially.
Courts have prominently relied on the «may» in Article V and the more - favorable - right in Article VII to indulge in fanciful
interpretations and
distorted the intended balance, leading to an «anything goes» perspective
by courts.
These
distorted internal working models of attachment (or organizing schemas) guide and direct the
interpretation of relationships and the responses made to these
distorted interpretations of reality
by the narcissistic / (borderline) parent.