The Bible is the most read book in the world, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold. Scripture has been read and reread, interpreted and reinterpreted countless times. However, reading the same scriptures does not that we understand them the same way. It is an extremely helpful skill to be able to understand when people think differently than you. Even if you say the same words, those words might have such different meaning to you that you do not understand each other. You should practice being aware of when people are talking past each other. Perhaps this is nowhere more common and more important than in religion.