Millennials choose fake theology

Reading Jeremiah 29:1-11 confirms that verse 11 had nothing to do with Christians.

There are many problems with this Millennial approach to Christianity but interpretation of the biblical text is one of the BIG ones.

I consider Fitzpatrick's content to be an example of Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2016, post-truth. which is 'an adjective defined as "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief"'. (Oxford Dictionaries Online 2019. s.v. post-truth).

In my understanding of interpretation in context, it was not meant to extend contemporary hope and prosperity to Millennials in the 21st century. That meaning is generated by individuals and provides false hope.

The losers: Three dominant themes

Three views opposing Christianity dominated this research and Fitzpatrick's article.

(1) Postmodern fake theology replaced obtaining a meaning of the text from a 'careful, objective analysis'. This is called exegesis, meaning 'to lead out of', which means the interpreter obtains conclusions from the text.

(2) There's no point in getting the meaning out of the text if it is the wrong text on which one is performing exegesis. Moves from facts to personal images to match Bible verses, is a postmodern imposition on the text.

(3) It is absurd to apply a Bible verse addressed to the Jews in exile to 21^st century Millennials.

All of this means that in this research, self-centredness replaced Christ-centredness among Millennials. The result is a different gospel generated by fake theology.

Thomas Turner wrote: 'It's one of our favorite verses, but we've gotten it all wrong. Stop taking Jeremiah 29:11 out of context'.