2: Going Against the Flow

Learning How to See with Brian McLaren

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On this episode of Learning How to See, Brian, Gigi, Mike and Paul talk about the next three biases that look at the social dimensions of seeing: Community bias: It is very hard to see something your group doesn’t want you to see. This is a form of social confirmation bias. Complementarity bias: If people are nice to you, you’ll be open to what they see and have to say. If they aren’t nice to you, you won’t. Contact bias: If you lack contact with someone, you won’t see what they see. The prayers/intentions used in this season can be found here at the following links, depending on where you listen to podcasts: Apple | Spotify | RadioPublic | Stitcher Resources: The transcript for this episode. Brian's e-book: Why Don't They Get It? Connect with us: We’d love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. Send us an email at podcasts@cac.org Center for Action and Contemplation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Brian McLaren: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

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0:00.0	For many, many centuries, our ancestors woke up in a different universe than you and I woke up in this morning.
0:08.7	They woke up in a universe where the earth was in the center of the universe and above us were a series of crystalline spheres.
0:18.5	The first one contained air and the next one contained fire. I guess that's
0:23.6	where lightning came from. And then the moon was in another one. And then a few planets were in
0:28.3	another. And then the sun and then some more planets and then some stars. And that universe
0:34.9	explained what they saw by and large for a long time, and they felt comfortable in it.
0:42.1	They were certain it was the way the universe really was.
0:46.7	And then along came a fellow named Copernicus.
0:49.7	He noticed some minor problems in that universe model, and he proposed an alternative, and a whole
0:57.2	lot of people thought he was crazy.
1:00.9	Some decades later, Galileo came along with a telescope, and he was on his roof one night looking
1:06.3	up at Jupiter, and he saw moons around Jupiter, and when he saw moons around Jupiter, of course he knew.
1:12.6	Copernicus was right.
1:13.9	This makes sense in Copernicus's universe, not in the old universe.
1:19.9	The fact was, though, Galileo got into a lot of trouble for publishing that finding.
1:26.9	He was called to Rome to face questioning from the Vatican,
1:32.3	and he faced the possibility of imprisonment and maybe even torture.
1:40.3	The fact is, when you go against what your community thinks, they often punish you.
1:45.7	It happened to St. John of the Cross.
1:48.2	He dared to believe that his religious community wasn't doing the very best job they could.
1:55.1	He had some ideas for reform to improve the work they were doing.
1:59.4	And they did not say thank you for your suggestions.
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