Shouldn't this book be unbiased?
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Re: Shouldn't this book be unbiased?
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For starters, I don't think there's anything wrong with the book being biased because the author is very open about the biases they hold. It's also important to distinguish between human religion and believing in a higher being. It seems like the author is trying to prove that there is a God like being, but when they say religion is a hoax they mean what religion has become today.gabrielletiemi wrote: ↑01 Dec 2020, 11:34 The author has a biased point of view since he clearly states that religion is a hoax and he claims that the Church has been wrong for a long time. Do you think that being biased in a book that seeks to prove God's essence with scientifical arguments is valid? In my opinion, the author should be impartial, bringing points against and in favor of religion, but that's not what we see in this book.
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I think you sort of have to accept it was going to be biased because it's a book about someone else's beliefs and trying to make sense of so many rules in a faith he no longer believes is entirely true to him. He never says it is going to be unbiased and in fact says that many will probably disagree with him. So some people will probably disagree or be offended, but that's their call. The book is purely there to help people see a different side of religion!cd20 wrote: ↑15 Dec 2020, 18:33 I agree. I really found this book to be more of a rant against the Catholic Church than a Cry in the Wilderness. He was very biased and said things that a lot of people would take offense to, or even disagree with him completely. He knew that when he was writing, but I also felt he came from the book with a very biased opinion. It was not what I had expected it to be.
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I don't know, perhaps the author is not saying religion is a hoax, but that the church is the problem. Perhaps the author does not have a problem with God, but with the conceptualization of God and what He wants as seen by the church.gabrielletiemi wrote: ↑01 Dec 2020, 11:34 The author has a biased point of view since he clearly states that religion is a hoax and he claims that the Church has been wrong for a long time. Do you think that being biased in a book that seeks to prove God's essence with scientifical arguments is valid? In my opinion, the author should be impartial, bringing points against and in favor of religion, but that's not what we see in this book.
Which is probably why he tries to prove the existence of God using science.
The book should not be biased, no, but it definitely is. It would be a rare type of person who could discuss religion without being biased.
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