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Creating a BS Firewall for Your Mind

Would you log on the internet without a firewall on your computer? If you did, it probably wouldn't be very long before you acquired new adware, malware, viruses and who knows what else. A firewall protects your computer by checking incoming data and blocking things that do not measure up to its standard.  

Do you have BS (Belief System) Firewall for your mind? We are bombarded with an endless flow of information from the moment we get up until we go to bed every day. A lot of people are trying to get their info in our minds today, mostly because they want us to buy or believe something.  When it comes to religious “truths” we need to turn on a BS Firewall before accept them. All we need to do is ask one question about what we are being told:

Is it an opinion, a belief or a fact?

Make sure you understand the differences between the three options:

(1) Opinion - A view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter.

(2) Belief - A state or habit of mind in which confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something is placed, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so. Religious beliefs are based on claims of divine authority.

(3) Fact - The quality of being actual; something that has actual existence; an actual occurrence; sensory perceivable and measurable.

Religious beliefs are not sensory perceivable and measurable like facts. This makes belief-based truths very different from fact-based truths:

(1) Belief-based  truths are based on claims of divine authority.

(2) Fact-based truths are based on sensory perceivable and measurable observations. 

When someone tells you something is the truth – or – if you are telling someone that something is the truth – find out which kind it is. If it is a belief-based truth identify the authority it is based on.

We created the BHC Truth Guideline to help you keep you BS Firewall operating.  You will be amazed at how it can transform your Bible studies and religion dicussions.

My Belief System will be large enough to include to facts.
It will be open enough to be questioned or tested.
I will change my Belief System when I discover error or new facts.

Don’t you think that anyone that really want to know the truth should follow it? Of course, there is another option – a lot of people call it Blind Faith:

My Belief System will ignore the facts.
I will not allow my beliefs to be questioned or tested.
I will not change my beliefs when I discover error or new facts.

We are all believers because we simply do not have all of the facts about everything. But, we have two choices about what kind of a believer we will be -- uninformed or informed. In this information age – why would anyone choose to be uninformed about something so important?

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Shalom & Be Empowered!


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