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Galatians 5:20 – Idols of the Mind
IDOLS OF THE MIND (Francis Bacon – Novum Organum) (The Stone Campbell Movement, p.28)
A. Those fallacies from tradition and faulty think that blind people to facts.
B. Idols of the Tribe – stem from the sluggish mind that is satisfied and too lazy to think, and accepts only those things that support its superstitions and traditions.
C. Idols of the Cave – relate to the habituated mind that fins security in the way it has always believed and acted; it wants things kept simple, even if they be erroneous, so that the it preconceptions are kept intact.
D. Idols of the Market Place – are the pet words and phrases that are invented to shade one’s view of reality; it specialized in blurred, indistinct meanings.
E. Idols of the Theater – are fanciful theories and exotic philosophies that only confuse the real facts.
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