6: What Do You Want?

Learning How to See with Brian McLaren

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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On this episode of Learning How to See, Brian, Gigi, Mike and Paul talk about the last two biases that look at the social-political dimensions of seeing: Confidence Bias: We mistake confidence for competence, and we are all vulnerable to the lies of confident people. Our brains prefer a confident lie to a hesitant truth. Conspiracy Bias: When we feel shame, we are vulnerable to stories that cast us as the victims of an evil conspiracy by some enemy “other.” Our brains like stories in which we’re either the hero or the victim ... never the villain. 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 can be found here. 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	many of you know I was raised in a conservative Christian setting and my parents were wonderful
0:05.7	loving people but when any kid grows up you just think what is normal for you must be normal for
0:13.9	everybody I got old enough to go to school and found out that, no, not everybody has Bible reading at
0:22.7	supper every night. I found out, oh, not everybody is not allowed to go to movies. Oh, I found out
0:29.8	not everybody, you know, goes to church three or four times a week. And I remember thinking, I'm not sure I wanted to know that.
0:41.0	Life was easier when I thought that this is just what everybody does.
0:45.0	I got older, I got interested in science and plants and animals and stars, and I learned
0:50.4	about evolution.
0:51.2	It just made perfect sense.
0:53.0	But then my dad told me it wasn't true,
0:55.4	and my Sunday school teacher said it wasn't true. And I loved science, and I thought evolution
1:02.0	made a whole lot of sense. And I remember feeling, gosh, I'm not sure I really wanted to know that.
1:08.1	It complicated my life. And that same pattern happened many times
1:12.3	as I grew up through the years.
1:15.1	I would reach things.
1:16.9	I would be on the verge of understanding.
1:19.0	And I'd realize, wow, to understand this,
1:22.1	to know this is going to complicate my life.
1:25.9	It would be a lot easier to unsee this. It would be a lot easier to unsee this.
1:28.8	It would be a lot easier to forget this.
1:32.2	And that brings to mind a story from the Gospels.
1:34.9	In Luke 18, one of the classic stories
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