The process of force-fitting some current affair into one’s personal, political, or religious agenda. Many people aren’t aware of how easy it is to make something look like confirmation of a claim after the fact, especially if the source of the confirmation is something in which they already believe, like Biblical prophecies, psychic predictions, astrological horoscopes, fortune cookies, and more.
Examples:
- _This example is taken from the Skeptic’s Dictionary (http://www.skepdic.com/shoehorning.html).
After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, fundamentalist Christian evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat..._