"Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true." --Sir Francis Bacon
Do we not all do this? When we read a book, or listen to a lecture, we appreciate those things that we feel most strongly represents the truth of the world. We first determine what we feel should be true, and then we determine what are beliefs are to be. Often, when we go to our sacred texts, we look for those passages that will support the things we already believe to be the truth. We tend to agree with others who already share our sense of truth because we feel they most closely reflect our own beliefs.
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