2007-05-01 15:52:49 · 43 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because you believe the person telling them. Duh.
2007-05-01 15:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Lies are fictitious applications and intended fraud. They're made more believable by the recognition of consciousness defined by ego. The recipient of lies often believes what seems to correspond and agree with their own perceptions rather than being based on empirical evidence.
2007-05-01 15:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by Don W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can think of a couple of reasons:
1. The lie contains just enough truth that we think it could be so. This happens a lot in relationships: the person who is lying peppers their explanation of something with just enough truth that it seems believable.
2. We don't want to believe that the source could be a liar.
When this happens, we sometimes "sense" that things just don't sound quite right, but we don't want to believe that our spouse or friend or child would lie. Sometimes, like in the case of representatives of our govenment, we inbue the position, and, by default, the person who holds that position, with credibility.
3. We want to believe it. Sometimes (again, often in relationships) someone will treat us badly and then make all kinds of excuses or false explanations. Sometimes we want so badly to believe the lie ("No, I didn't cheat on you." "I was working late." "I love you."), that we suspend common sense and lie to ourselves.
2007-05-01 16:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by cardtapper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually lies are not believable but deception is. Deception is when someone take a whole lot of truth and mixes in one falsehood. You find yourself agreeing with the true statements and then when the deception is mixed in you are off your guard and it seems like it fits in with all of the other things that are true.
2007-05-01 16:02:18 · answer #4 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask Jimmy Swagart he knows a lot about lies.
2007-05-01 16:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all lies are believable, it takes a good actor/ress, a creative mind, an emotionless face( botox also works), and a naive believer.
2007-05-01 15:57:19 · answer #6 · answered by FaceFullofFashion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because most people want to believe there is goodness in others that wouldnt make them need to lie.
It doesnt make someone gullbile unless they believe the same person that keeps lying to them about outlandish stuff.
People want to be trusted so they tend to give others the benefit they want others to give to them.
Now, if you keep believing someone who repeatedly lies to you, then shame on you.
2007-05-01 15:57:15 · answer #7 · answered by writersbIock2006 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the person who hears the lie that makes it believable. If they WANT to believe they will.
2007-05-01 15:57:33 · answer #8 · answered by Should be Working! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its human to believe what u hear unless theres another alternative given at the same time or u have set guidelines on what to watch out for ... so i guess u could say that people want to believe ...
2007-05-01 15:58:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
besides trust, social/peer pressure can play a part, and so can authority.
It can be hard to disbelieve something (say, a fraudulent election for example) if everyone else seems to go along with it, few if any take a stand against it, and various forms of authority paint those who do in negative terms.
2007-05-01 15:57:49 · answer #10 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yo Momma!
2007-05-01 15:55:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋