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Direct Answer Bercot’s point implies the most “protected” parts of our slate are usually the beliefs we assume are non-negotiable because we inherited them from parents, church, or trusted teachers. The fears include losing certainty, being corrected, or discovering we’ve resisted truth because our “minds are made up.”

Support from Transcript:

• He says the first step is “start with a blank slate,” because if we’re already certain what a passage means, it’s “next to impossible” to learn anything that contradicts it.
• He acknowledges prior instruction isn’t “something bad” (parents and churches should teach), yet it remains a major obstacle.
• He calls “prior indoctrination…probably the biggest single obstacle to finding God’s complete truth.”
• He notes people may be “90% true” yet “resist to the bitter end” admitting they’re wrong on the remaining “10%.”
• He says the hardest step is recognizing “what we believe…may be wrong, at least in some areas,” because without that we can’t “critically examine our beliefs.”