Posted: Jan 28, 2018 5:43 pm
LucidFlight wrote:I wonder, are their politics based, to some extent, upon their religious beliefs? Is Islam the source of their ideas or is it simply a socio-economic and ideological framework upon which to spread such ideas. Is there some sort of dynamic between the ideas of people and the religion they practise?
/thinking out loud
I wanted to say that they are self-aware that they are exploiting their own religion for political gains, which would mean that they know that they are lying. But with religious people, especially very religious ones, the truth is, you don't know. It's like the Creationists lying for Jesus. These people are such consummate liars because they believe their own lies such that they become their own lies.
It's can get pretty outrageous, for example this woman was saying that you should vote for a certain political candidate because he is Allah.
http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2014/08 ... Minta.Maaf
At a certain point, she must know that's such a blatant lie, but then again she seems to actually believe what she says?