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Eisegesis means "reading in" and refers to the practice of inserting personal ideas into interpretation of a text conceived through the filter of preconceived ideas presupposed by an established worldview. Eisegesis leads inexorably to erroneous interpretations, in that it does not allow the Bible to speak to you on its own terms.<ref>[http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Jesus-Was-An-Aids-Victim-South-African-Pastor-Causes-Outrage-With-Controversial-HIV-Sermon/Article/201009115712929?lpos=World_News_Second_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15712929_Jesus_Was_An_Aids_Victim%3A_South_African_Pastor_Causes_Outrage_With_Controversial_HIV_Sermon African Pastor: 'Jesus Was An Aids Victim'] Emma Hurd, Africa correspondent. September 03, 2010</ref> Eisegesis generally found widespread success as an intellectual critique of Christianity within [[liberal Christian theology]]. Embraced during the time of [[Enlightenment]], the ancient Platonist philosophy influenced academic skepticism, at one point questioning any true knowledge,<ref>[[Wikipedia:Platonism|Platonism]] By Wikipedia</ref> and may be seen as a root toward the later opposition of the historical-critical/grammatical method of [[exegesis]].