Why do Christians do this?

[Jason Voorhees]

As a fellow Christian, I'm often troubled by how some of us fall into confirmation bias when interpreting Scripture. My recent New Year's Eve service highlighted this perfectly. The sermon on renewal was inspiring but during sharing time one over enthusiastic person said this to oversimplify the entire story. "Proverbs 3:6 'In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths' totally proved itself when
I was praying about whether to take a new job offer, and the very next morning a car almost hit me. That's clearly God telling me to trust Him and not to go down that path. Like wtf. That's literally superstition.

It's like people take some random vague verse from the Bible and then think how can we interpret this in such a way that it fits our narrative and story to claim God was behind this or god predicted it or whatever. Is this only Christian thing or it happens in all religion. It seems so retarded man. This is how cults get formed.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@takethewhitepill @Swarthy Knight @PrinceLuenLeoncur

 

[ReadBooksEveryday]

"As a fellow Christian'

NIgga I thought you was Hindu

What the fuck is even real anymore

Tomorrow we learn that Crisick was Mongolian . I cant keep up with nigga larps

 

[Jason Voorhees]

"As a fellow Christian'

NIgga I thought you was Hindu

What the fuck is even real anymore

Tomorrow we learn that Crisick was Mongolian . I cant keep up with nigga larps

I'm a Christian born and raised. I've always said this.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@childishkillah @ngannou

 

[ReadBooksEveryday]

I'm a Christian born and raised. I've always said this.

My bad then kuz
Its just you would always post curry stuff so I assumed that you was a Hindutva incel

 

[BigBallsLarry]

As a fellow Christian, I'm often troubled by how some of us fall into confirmation bias when interpreting Scripture. My recent New Year's Eve service highlighted this perfectly. The sermon on renewal was inspiring but during sharing time one over enthusiastic person said this to oversimplify the entire story. "Proverbs 3:6 'In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths' totally proved itself when
I was praying about whether to take a new job offer, and the very next morning a car almost hit me. That's clearly God telling me to trust Him and not to go down that path. Like wtf. That's literally superstition.

It's like people take some random vague verse from the Bible and then think how can we interpret this in such a way that it fits our narrative and story to claim God was behind this or god predicted it or whatever. Is this only Christian thing or it happens in all religion. It seems so retarded man. This is how cults get formed.

Every religion is like this, also..

This is how cults get formed.

A big chunk of religions fall into the 'cult' category - take for example jehovas witnesses or mormons.

 

[Swarthy Knight]

Every religion is like this

Yes. Even as a Buddhist, I try to interpret everything that happens to me (good or bad) through a karmic lens.

But at the end of the day, its best to try not too hard make sense of something that you have very little understanding of compared to "God" or whatever you higher power you believe in

 

[childishkillah]

As a fellow Christian, I'm often troubled by how some of us fall into confirmation bias when interpreting Scripture. My recent New Year's Eve service highlighted this perfectly. The sermon on renewal was inspiring but during sharing time one over enthusiastic person said this to oversimplify the entire story. "Proverbs 3:6 'In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths' totally proved itself when
I was praying about whether to take a new job offer, and the very next morning a car almost hit me. That's clearly God telling me to trust Him and not to go down that path. Like wtf. That's literally superstition.

It's like people take some random vague verse from the Bible and then think how can we interpret this in such a way that it fits our narrative and story to claim God was behind this or god predicted it or whatever. Is this only Christian thing or it happens in all religion. It seems so retarded man. This is how cults get formed.

It definitely happens in all religions. From what I've observed, it's especially common among people who don't have extensive knowledge or strong conviction in their faith. I think, to a certain extent, it's normal.

 

[BigJimsWornOutTires]

People tend to see what they want to see

 

[LTNUser]

I'm a Christian born and raised. I've always said this.

Do you like ideology of Hinduism?

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

As a fellow Christian, I'm often troubled by how some of us fall into confirmation bias when interpreting Scripture. My recent New Year's Eve service highlighted this perfectly. The sermon on renewal was inspiring but during sharing time one over enthusiastic person said this to oversimplify the entire story. "Proverbs 3:6 'In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths' totally proved itself when
I was praying about whether to take a new job offer, and the very next morning a car almost hit me. That's clearly God telling me to trust Him and not to go down that path. Like wtf. That's literally superstition.

It's like people take some random vague verse from the Bible and then think how can we interpret this in such a way that it fits our narrative and story to claim God was behind this or god predicted it or whatever. Is this only Christian thing or it happens in all religion. It seems so retarded man. This is how cults get formed.

Many religious people do this not just Christian’s tbh

but it’s cute tbh the truly trust god and tbh amen we should be like that. I can’t personally because I’m to pragmatic and logical same reason why I only belive due to personal experience and philosophy whilst others only need to be raised Christian for that to suffice alone. These are simpler people and honestly they do better then people like us

As for interpreting the Bible well this is why Protestantism is so dangerous you have a group of children who have a book they aren’t equipped to handle and thus they go off the rails. This is why the church is the one that interprets the bible and why I myself belive the Laymen should only have access to Study Bibles as they cannot be trusted to interpret it themselves