It is interesting how many people want to believe in something spiritual and instead of trusting in Jesus for their spiritual support, they turn to other things. Reaching out to palm readers and tarot card readers, astrology, tea leaves, crystal balls, tickle me elmos (OK, so I just threw that one in to see if you were paying attention). Any of these use practices such as Cold Reading (hit and miss attempts to find things out about a person and concentrate on the Hits and dismiss the misses. They also use very vague readings that would apply to most people. Let's first of all, today start out with being vague. Listen to this and tell me if it sounds like you at all:
Some of your aspirations tend to be pretty unrealistic. At times you are extroverted, affable, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary and reserved. You have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. You pride yourself on being an independent thinker and do not accept others’ opinions without satisfactory proof. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety, and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. Disciplined and controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. Your sexual adjustment has presented some problems for you. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them. You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage. You have a tendency to be critical of yourself. You have a strong need for other people to like you and for them to admire you.
This is a reading that was written by Bertram Forer, a psychologist that believed that people would accept vague information as unique to them. It's interesting how many people hear something like the above from their "psychic network" and consider it as gospel. Let's look at a few other vague things.
You're especially thoughtful today, and ought to find that people are more willing to give you the space you need to figure out what's really going on in your family. Your intuition should be right on. Listen to your emotions and let them dictate the day's activities (within reason, of course). You may have been keeping yourself from telling a friend what they really need to hear, or asking out that one crush. Friends or family members come to you asking for help with an argument. You can play referee quite well, though you may need to make a ruling that irks one or even both of them. Stand by your call!
Does this apply to you? If so, and some of it probably does, it apply to most of us. These were 3 different Horoscopes from today's date. Interesting fact is you can throw all these together and they look like one reading. You will find that all horoscopes are very vague and apply to most everyone.
The thing that bugs me is why Christians would turn to psychics instead of Jesus to answer their questions. We will get into that later. As for now just know that we as people, for some reason, believe that we are unique, and that anything that pertains to us couldn't possibly apply to anyone else. Tomorrow we will discuss more about Cold Reading.
Timothy 6:12
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