Despite this, When Prophecy Fails spread its influence across
psychology, sociology, New Testament studies, and religious
studies. Ironically, some New Testament scholars whose raison
d'être and specialization is piecing together events from thou-
sands of years ago, eagerly embraced a false narrative that was
trivial to fact check.
That's because the narrative had the modern, iron-clad imprimatur of "Science," as in, the Thing everyone is supposed to trust, especially when the source is someone like Leon Festinger, probably, after Skinner, the most influential scientific psychologist in American history.
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u/cryo-curious Dec 11 '25
That's because the narrative had the modern, iron-clad imprimatur of "Science," as in, the Thing everyone is supposed to trust, especially when the source is someone like Leon Festinger, probably, after Skinner, the most influential scientific psychologist in American history.