April 9, 2013
Home › Social Psychology › Attitudes › Cognitive Dissonance by Saul McLeod published 2008 Festinger’s (1957) cognitive dissonance theory suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and beliefs in harmony and avoid disharmony (or dissonance). Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or […]
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January 3, 2013
by Sophiee Saguy Daniel 7:13-14 is not about Jesus, but Daniel 7:25-27 paints an explicit picture of Christianity and its ultimate fate:וּמִלִּ֗ין לְצַ֤ד עִלָּאָה֙ יְמַלִּ֔לוּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥י עֶלְיוֹנִ֖ין יְבַלֵּ֑אוְיִסְבַּ֗ר לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙ זִמְנִ֣ין וְדָ֔תוְיִתְיַֽהֲב֣וּן בִּידֵ֔הּעַד־עִדָּ֥ן וְעִדָּנִ֖ין וּפְלַ֥ג עִדָּֽן׃“It [the church] will speak words against the Supreme One [i.e. G-d],and will exhaust [or ‘harass’] the Most High (G-d), and will oppress […]
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