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Podcast: The Bible as Literature
Episode: No Security Blankets
Description: When a person experiences cognitive dissonance, that is, when they find themselves in a situation where exposure to conflicting ideas and information becomes too stressful or mentally uncomfortable, their natural inclination is to seek security in the safety of consonance. Humans naturally avoid, discredit, belittle, and delegitimize the ideas or people that cause them to experience dissonance. Today’s most common reaction to natural dissonance, especially given the avalanche of information overload, is to bury one’s head in the fantasy of suburban bliss. The rise in random acts of public violence is making this much h...