GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoFormer Trump Pastor Freed From Prison After Serving 6 Months for Child Sexual Abusewww.ms.nowexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareSnailpick42@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 days agoOh I believe some believe in the lie, but it’s still a con and does not make it true.
minus-squareBillyClark@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI understand what you mean, then, but I think it’s part of a definition of a con man that they know they are deceiving others.
minus-squareSnailpick42@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days ago con man Perhaps, but the cognitive dissonance is real with these people. For example: eating and drinking the flesh and blood of a deity. Some are told to believe they are, but deep down know it’s a lie.
Oh I believe some believe in the lie, but it’s still a con and does not make it true.
I understand what you mean, then, but I think it’s part of a definition of a con man that they know they are deceiving others.
Perhaps, but the cognitive dissonance is real with these people. For example: eating and drinking the flesh and blood of a deity. Some are told to believe they are, but deep down know it’s a lie.