Shame is Zahnd's primary rhetorical device; his Rorschach accusation is a projection of his own method

Zahnd claims that one's interpretation of Scripture reveals more about the interpreter than about God — functioning like a Rorschach inkblot test. He implies that anyone who sees divine wrath in the text is simply projecting their own violence and hatred onto God. Winger inverts this: it is actually Zahnd who reads himself into the text. Zahnd's Jesus happens to be a pacifist like Zahnd, shares Zahnd's politics, and agrees with Zahnd on every contested issue. The psychological accusation Zahnd levels at orthodox Christians describes exactly what Zahnd himself is doing. This Rorschach device serves to shame people out of their biblical convictions without having to engage the actual textual arguments.