Originally posted by scottishinnz
Okay, here's the question.
Does being a Christian dull people's sense of taste, about what is good or bad?
OR
Do people who choose to follow Jebus have bad taste a priori, in which case, how can we trust their judgement in religious matters?
People tend to over look the flaws in something if they really want to see the good.(what they perceive as good).
Thus Christians will say lots of good things about their pastors/priests/leaders and totally ignore the bad bits.
The same however applies with political parties / pop group fans etc etc. It is normal human behavior.
Many Christians believe everything in the Bible or anything their pastor says for similar reasons.
I doubt if they lack taste, I think they simply choose to pretend that something is better than it really is.
Another aspect is conditioning. If we listen to a really good song from the 80s we will in most cases not like it nearly as much as we did then. If you look at a hot car from the 80s you will probably say 'what junk'. So if Christians are not 'in the loop' and don't listen to modern pop or
watch tv etc then they probably end up with different tastes than the rest of us.