Anything that doesn't validate our existing beliefs, anything that doesn't support our

doctrine, anything that gives like a different slant to a story.

Yeah.

Is what I think we called anti.

Yes.

Yes.

I mean, we were specifically taught to only read and watch and listen to materials that

support church teachings. I think that was explicit.

Hello, I'm Susan Hinkley. And I'm Cynthia Winward. And this is at last she said it. We are

Women of Faith discussing complicated things.

And the title of today's episode is Big Ideas, Confirmation Bias.

Okay, but before we start, Cynthia, I'm going to just, I'm just going to do it.

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But you and I, you and I were recently looking into maybe commercials to kind of solve this problem.

Right.

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