It's the root of prejudice , adversity and dislike. There is none so blind as those who cannot see...no that's a bit wrong...there is none so blind as those who WILL not see...it's a will thing...a bias thing. We assess things with no evidence and with little at the best of times and throw the baby out with the bath water.
The Christ said, we strain at gnats and swallow camels or we try to take the speck out of our brothers eye when there's a plank in our eyes.
Rather remove the plank in your own eye...then you will be able to help remove the speck in your brothers eye.
It appears that He hated hypocrisy more than any other sin.
Self righteousness is a problem we all have, including Christians. The true Christian is an individual that in desperation admits his faults, needs saving, repents and demands honesty from himself first. It is an ongoing struggle we face to die to the old man and endeavor to live to the reborn man...yes it will not make you popular with the masses especially the self centered and egoists and "so-called successes " of the world. Humility is the result...true humility requires honesty...not pretense humility...we stand alone with this question...
Give a dog a bad name and hang him is an English proverb. Its meaning is that if a person's reputation has been besmirched, then he will suffer difficulty and hardship. A similar proverb is he that has an ill name is half hanged.
The proverb dates back to the 18th century or before. In 1706, John Stevens recorded it as "Give a Dog an ill name and his work is done". In 1721, James Kelly had it as a Scottish proverb – "Give a Dog an ill Name, and he'll soon be hanged. Spoken of those who raise an ill Name on a Man on purpose to prevent his Advancement." In Virginia, it appeared as an old saying in the Norfolk Herald in 1803 – "give a dog a bad name and hang him".[2]
The observation is due to negativity bias – that people are apt to think poorly of others on weak evidence. This is then reinforced by confirmation bias as people give more weight to evidence that supports a preconception than evidence which contradicts it.[3]
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It's the root of prejudice , adversity and dislike. There is none so blind as those who cannot see...no that's a bit wrong...there is none so blind as those who WILL not see...it's a will thing...a bias thing. We assess things with no evidence and with little at the best of times and throw the baby out with the bath water.
The Christ said, we strain at gnats and swallow camels or we try to take the speck out of our brothers eye when there's a plank in our eyes.
Rather remove the plank in your own eye...then you will be able to help remove the speck in your brothers eye.
It appears that He hated hypocrisy more than any other sin.
Self righteousness is a problem we all have, including Christians. The true Christian is an individual that in desperation admits his faults, needs saving, repents and demands honesty from himself first. It is an ongoing struggle we face to die to the old man and endeavor to live to the reborn man...yes it will not make you popular with the masses especially the self centered and egoists and "so-called successes " of the world. Humility is the result...true humility requires honesty...not pretense humility...we stand alone with this question...
Give a dog a bad name and hang him is an English proverb. Its meaning is that if a person's reputation has been besmirched, then he will suffer difficulty and hardship. A similar proverb is he that has an ill name is half hanged.
The proverb dates back to the 18th century or before. In 1706, John Stevens recorded it as "Give a Dog an ill name and his work is done". In 1721, James Kelly had it as a Scottish proverb – "Give a Dog an ill Name, and he'll soon be hanged. Spoken of those who raise an ill Name on a Man on purpose to prevent his Advancement." In Virginia, it appeared as an old saying in the Norfolk Herald in 1803 – "give a dog a bad name and hang him".[2]
The observation is due to negativity bias – that people are apt to think poorly of others on weak evidence. This is then reinforced by confirmation bias as people give more weight to evidence that supports a preconception than evidence which contradicts it.[3]