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People with low self esteem, or typically strong people in a temporary moment of weakness, want to feel accepted to a peer group.
People with low IQ's want to follow someone they feel is smarter than them.
Religious people have extremely low IQ's on average.
When people feel part of a peer group or follow a "fearless leader" they do anything to keep the structure of their belief system intact, and that includes denying reality and backing up Dear Leaders lies & mistakes, whether they know they are lies or not.
As just one example, look at the Catholic Church and all the children molested yet the follower still believe and they don't care that the perpetrators on their children are not punished.
Look at the Christian church and all the people ripped off by pastors buying chats and mansions while the parishioners suffer.
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