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* The eager willingness of [[liberal]], [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] and [[Atheism|atheistic]] biblical scholars and [[exegete]]s in [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|higher criticism]] to take [[Specious reasoning|speciously apparent]] [[error]]s in the Bible (carelessly invented superficial difficulties which do not actually exist) as an unexamined pretext for rejecting its [[authority]] and the authority of the very [[Church]] which defends its divine [[inspiration]] as [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrant]] [[truth]].
* The eager willingness of [[liberal]], [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] and [[Atheism|atheistic]] biblical scholars and [[exegete]]s in [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|higher criticism]] to take [[Specious reasoning|speciously apparent]] [[error]]s in the Bible (carelessly invented superficial difficulties which do not actually exist) as an unexamined pretext for rejecting its [[authority]] and the authority of the very [[Church]] which defends its divine [[inspiration]] as [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrant]] [[truth]].
* Liberal Christians do not start with the Bible to determine what they believe. Instead, they simply [[fluffy bunny|decide what they want to believe]], [[cafeteria Christianity|cherry-pick]] Bible verses that appear to support their chosen beliefs, and often [[eisegesis|"interpret"]] even those verses beyond recognition. This is an example of self-generated Christianity, i.e., "Christianity" developed to meet one's own demand profile.<ref>{{cite book| first1=Robert |last1=Ekelund |authorlink1= Robert Ekelund |first2= Robert |last2= Hébert |first3= Robert |last3=Tollison |authorlink3= Robert Tollison |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FP08EXnwP3YC&lpg=PA334&dq=cafeteria%20Christianity&pg=PA258#v=onepage&q=cafeteria%20Christianity&f=false |title=The Marketplace of Christianity |publisher= MIT Press |year= 2006 |page = 258 |isbn=9780262050821 }}</ref>
* Liberal Christians do not start with the Bible to determine what they believe. Instead, they simply [[fluffy bunny|decide what they want to believe]], [[cafeteria Christianity|cherry-pick]] Bible verses that appear to support their chosen beliefs, and often [[eisegesis|"interpret"]] even those verses beyond recognition. This is an example of self-generated Christianity, i.e., "Christianity" developed to meet one's own demand profile.<ref>{{cite book| first1=Robert |last1=Ekelund |authorlink1= Robert Ekelund |first2= Robert |last2= Hébert |first3= Robert |last3=Tollison |authorlink3= Robert Tollison |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FP08EXnwP3YC&lpg=PA334&dq=cafeteria%20Christianity&pg=PA258#v=onepage&q=cafeteria%20Christianity&f=false |title=The Marketplace of Christianity |publisher= MIT Press |year= 2006 |page = 258 |isbn=9780262050821 }}</ref>
== Academic ==
*[https://cocosci.princeton.edu/anna/papers/WishfulThinking.pdf A Bounded Rationality Account of Wishful Thinking], Princeton University
*[https://direct.mit.edu/opmi/article/1/2/101/2939/So-Good-It-Has-to-Be-True-Wishful-Thinking-in So Good It Has to Be True: Wishful Thinking in Theory of Mind], MIT
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Utopia]]n [[fantasy]]
* [[Utopia]]n [[fantasy]]
* [[Christian apologetics]]
* [[Christian apologetics]]
== External links ==
*[https://newristics.com/heuristics-biases/wishful-thinking Wishful Thinking], Heuristics Encyclopedia
*[https://archive.ph/UaaQm#selection-391.0-391.30 The Perils of Wishful Thinking]
*[https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/uva/en/news/press-releases/2024/03/making-the-future-too-bright-how-wishful-thinking-can-point-us-in-the-wrong-direction.html Making the future too bright: how wishful thinking can point us in the wrong direction], University of Amsterdam
*[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feeling-smart/201504/wishful-thinking Wishful Thinking]
*[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-stories-we-tell/202509/wishing-doesnt-make-it-so Wishing Doesn’t Make It So]
*[https://psynso.com/wishful-thinking/ Wishful thinking], Psynso.com
*[https://www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/wishful-thinking-is-a-myth Wishful Thinking Is A Myth]
Limits of positive thinking and dangers of naive positive thinking:
*[https://efficiencyandmanagement.blogspot.com/2026/05/stop-just-wishing-case-against-naive.html Stop Just Wishing — The Case Against Naive Positive Thinking], Personal Development blog
==References==
==References==