In Biblical issues, the primary way for someone to deceive is to "
cherry-pick" verses out of context and piece them together to support the desired point of view - which is often not the view of God as expressed by scripture.
Be aware of verses skipped, verses "
cherry-picked" from various contexts that may be out of context, etc. When Satan tempts Jesus, Satan uses scripture out of context. Jesus answers and refutes Satan with scripture in context.
The use of "
cherry-picked" is sometimes called "
suppressed evidence" or "
incomplete evidence". Whatever it is called, it encourages what is called "
confirmation bias" and, as a result, a "
faulty generalization" or "
hasty generalization".
