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Individuals may tell lies to elevate their circumstance. Individuals may lie about their own falibilities and weakness because they do not come up to progressed standards. Individuals will lie about their achievements if they do not meet standards expected for a particular station.
One of the most common forms of Untruth is when progressed ideal as standards, become authorities such as God, Muhammad
or Buddha, one's government, culture and community, or specific institutions such as business or charity. These authorities may become more important than facts, evidence or Truth. In
this case lying usually takes the form of what is called Authority Reasoning. This means that the authority precedes evidence wherein only evidence that supports the authority is looked for and accepted, and where outright lying may be used to support the authority. This occurs most often and continuously in the field of politics at every level. As in the case of Gulf War II, the
argument for war was made by outright lying and covert Untruth.
For the warmongers, the end justified the means and the
war-ends justified the means of obtainment. In the case of Authority Reasoning, the progressed standard is an authority that is often greater than the Truth. In the case of religion, the progressed standard such as God is often beyond the verifiable truth and is called faith. Most often in these cases Untruth is not so much intentional, as it is that the authority is considered so important that its antithesis as true reality may be denied and is pushed into the subconscious. These persons may be completely unaware that they lie continuously or that they live a life of Untruth.
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