Bias Quote by Herbert Butterfield

(on A History of Western Philosophy) I was sometimes accused by reviewers of writing not a true history but a biased account of the…

— Bertrand Russell

“The study of history can be sobering and shocking, and morally troubling. One does not have to believe in original sin to do it…

— Anonymous

“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather, he is engaged, intimately and personally, in the…

— G.C. Berkouwer

“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather he is engaged intimately, in ... the problem…

— G C Berkouwer

“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather, he is engaged, intimately and personally, in what…

— G C Berkouwer

We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the…

— Edward Dahlberg

“I also argue that sin (or at least our thinking about it) has evolved significantly since the 1950s and continues to do so, such…

— John Portmann

“sinful motive often hides itself under the mask of reverence for another virtue.”)”

— Jimmy Swaggart

The classical error of historical Christianity is that we have never started with the value of the person. Rather, we have started from the…

— Robert H. Schuller

“we must never look at any sin in our past life in any way except that which leads us to praise God and to…

— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“The concept of deservingness for one’s “sins” implies that certain acts are unquestionably under all conditions “sinful.” And this is impossible to prove.”

— Albert Ellis

“The idea of original sin--of guilt with no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives--inherently militates against self-esteem. The very notion of…

— Nathaniel Branden