Common

Why do people pick and choose the facts they choose to remember and observe and hold true?

There are probably as many reasons as there are people, but mostly because we like what we know. It feels comfortable to believe and do the same things we were first taught by people who loved and cared for us. It also feels comfortable not to rock the boat, so we go along with those nearby.

Cherry picking. Nit picking. Picking, picking, picking and choosing which words, or lines we like and ignoring the rest is pretty common.

It doesn't make it right. It just makes it convenient -- for the people trying to prove some incorrect point.

It is possible to prove just about anything -- to ourselves -- and to the uneducated.

Keeping people ignorant is not a trick, or a ploy. It is a legitimate way of controlling them.

Don't let that happen to you or those you love.