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In passing, it may be noted that some men are remarkably constituted in this matter of selfdeception.
The Somnambulists 2010
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I have often found among believers that to go on with the selfdeception despite having discarded many of the fundamentals of a religion is a better recepie for happiness.
From The Archives: Why I Am A Christian James F. McGrath 2010
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"In both cases - be it fundamentalists or liberals - I see human selfdeception at work, or to give it a more scientific name, cognitive dissonance."
From Herod To Haiti James F. McGrath 2010
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In Crossan´s case I am sure the selfdeception works on the subconcious level.
From Herod To Haiti James F. McGrath 2010
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In both cases - be it fundamentalists or liberals - I see human selfdeception at work, or to give it a more scientific name, cognitive dissonance.
From Herod To Haiti James F. McGrath 2010
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A cult, if ever there was one,totally based on fraud and selfdeception.
There Is No Slippery Slope James F. McGrath 2010
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He remembered remembering contrary things, but those were false memories, products of selfdeception.
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949
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In passing, it may be noted that some men are remarkably constituted in this matter of selfdeception.
The Somnambulists 1910
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But that guilty liability to selfdeception, does not militate against the truth of the representation now made.
Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) Henry Rogers 1841
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