“It takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one’s limitations—scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves.” -Nassim Taleb
What some blame on mother nature or evolution, seems reasonably explained as the result of fallen human nature as well.
Nearly indetectable from the inside, the human ability to fool oneself is nearly unlimited in its scope.
This makes for another prime argument in favor of cultivating a true humility in the face of holy Scripture. A "beginner's mindset" that has no problem with admitting, "I may well be wrong."
I suppose one of the reasons Calvinism fascinates me is that its adherents firmly hold the belief that the unregenerate are incapable of understanding any spiritual truth from Scripture but they - the elect - see all with perfect clarity.
They regularly give the impression of believing themselves to be inerrant in their interpretation of God's word.
And, like the Pharisees before them, they perpetually miss the big picture and inadvertently paint God as a complete monster.
It is a profound tragicomedy.
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