Which is the most widely accepted lie you ever heard in the following categories?

Question

1. Politics
2. Religion
4. Morality
6. Children's stories

You can answer in any other category you like.

Sorry, I mistyped the category 5 as 6.

I deleted two categories but in a hurry forgot to renumber them in correct sequence.

I am happy to so many responses coming. Some of them are packed with useful ideas.

Answer 1

1. The United States is a working democracy.
2. All religious people are Christian.
4. Looking at pronography causes rape.
6. the moral of the story the boy who cried wolf is that if you lie all the time no one will believe you. (the real moral is, "Never tell the same lie twice.")

Answer 2

1. That the elected are more dedicated to serving the people than themselves. (not sure if thats an accepted lie, but its the reason thay always give to be running)

2. that it is evil. Religon in and of itself is not evil. It's when men twist and distort it, or use it to attempt to control mass thinking, that it how it gets a bad rap.

4. Morality. dont know

6. the early bird gets the worm.

Answer 3

1. That politics is for leadership
2. That Christianity is not a rehashing of other previous religions.
4. Morals are not subjective to the society the person is in.
6. That this number scheme makes sense.

Answer 4

1. Politics : America is build on Christianity
2. Religion : Jesus is the son of some imaginary creature
3. Morality : You will be immoral if you do not believe in a religion.
4. Children's Stories : There is no truth in children's stories.

Answer 5

1. A flat income tax will benefit me, and everyone else who "works" for their money.
2. A tie. Christians are stupid - Atheists are immoral
4. Accumulating wealth is a good life goal.
6. The evil witch is ugly, the good princess is beautiful . . .A basic belief that good and bad can be sorted with a quick look at a situation.

Answer 6

The belief that a lie repeated enough becomes accepted as a truth (in all categories)

The way I see this, a lie is a lie, and regardless on how it is tried to be supported, sooner or later everything is known.

...Just ask any ex-catholic, any ex-politician or any grown up kid.

Answer 7

1. The majority makes the rules. "The voters have spoken," and things like that. Gee, I guess that's how we got civil rights in this country.
2. That all church people genuinely care about you. Nope, many of them are just doing it for their own egos.
4. Morality comes from a book. No, it comes from inside -- and that helps us interpret the book.
6. "And they lived happily ever after." Happiness comes from being productive and overcoming obstacles, not reaching a certain point and then coasting through life.

Answer 8

1. Politics: Lie- Al gore deserving a Nobel peace prise. And Clinton."I never inhaled"

2. Religion: Lie- All roads lead to heaven.

4. Morality: Lie- Its just a fetus.

6. Childrens stories: Lie- My two mommies.

Answer 9

1. That the Iraqis were hiding nuclear weapons in 2002
2. That Jesus was a divine being
3. ???
4. That morals come from religious beliefs
5. ???
6. Santa Claus

Answer 10

1. We aren't torturing the foreign prisoner's and they don't deserve full rights of habeus corpus.

2. Athiests are immoral

3. Athiests are immoral

4. The bible ---I'm not just saying that to be provocative, the majority of children in this country are regularly and sytematically indoctrinated with stories from the bible.