Bias, Interpretation, and Hermaneutics

This writing is just a short summary of what I have been learning. Their won't be any "support" from any of my writing but my personal subjective opinion for what I like to share. So, if you do not want to hear subjective opinion because I won't be adding any support for them, please, don't read. :)

In my Psychology class, "scientific analysis" is one of the most important thing in the world. We learn how human being operate or "react" to certain circumstances. Yet, one of the difficulty with the scientist is that our own bias many times, gets in the way. Suppose we want to study women's intelligence or women's emotions. We, many times, through our stereotype, conclude that women are much more intelligent and emotional than men. When conducting a scientific analysis of these two, if we approach with a bias that women are smarter and much more emotional than men, then we would thus, conclude with that "proofs." Our bias' changes the way how "science" are conducted.

This applies to Bible reading as well. If we read the text with our "bias" we will conclude differently than what the text is proving. Thus, although we might "scientifically analyze" specific passages of the scripture, our bias alters the course of the text themselves.

If that is the case, when doing a Hermaneutics, because of our bias', we do not ask many questions that damage or affect that position. Perhaps, even as a Christian as well, we are required to listen to many other position with an open mind and allow the text to interpret themselves. But text also has its own BIAS!

I was reading NASB Bible and NIV Bible and there are many different changes in the grammar and syntax and even words that affect the very interpretation itself. If we read specific Bible, we will conclude with the Arminian that Salvation is by faith. There are more changes made with the Bible but that is the most controversial changes that Bible can make so I will stick there. Just a small changes in word and grammar affects the interpretation of the Bible. If thus, our Bible is already biased from the beginning, where do we conclude with our doctrine? Do we all require to read Greek and Hebrew with acquiring many different manuscripts of them? Can we dogmatically say that our Bible is the right one!?

I would thus conclude with the Psycho-Scientist that we must not read the text with our or interpretators bias' but let those who has written interpret for you. Perhaps that means that we all must need to study the original language. :)