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In-Group/Out-Group Bias, Obama’s Father and World War II
012 years
I posed this question to a co-worker, “If you heard a well-known person say that his father served in World War II, when there was no way he would have been old enough, would you lambaste that person as a liar or would you say, ‘Hey, that makes no sense for him to say that. […]
Interchangeability of “I Know” and “I Believe”
014 years
by Roger Gibby
in Testing Faith
You would think that one would not have a problem separating what they know from what they believe. But Christians, when discussing their faith, will use these terms, perhaps unknowingly, to mean the same thing. I was witness to one such bizarre discussion this last Christmas. The discussion started out with the Christian believer stating […]