Both groups feel the other side is dishonest?

[Annik]

Denail is a form of cognitive dissonance, correct?
That is, you face the truth head on but fail to absorb the evidence?
It would appear that a person of this sort would know they are being dishonest, but supressing this thought. This isn't "uniwtting" dishonesty, this is supressed, knowing dishonesty.
I think my contention is derived from how I think of the word, "dishonest". It could just be a personal stigma on the word, but it seems that dishonesty is a deliberate action that must be taken at some point or another, rather than a state of mind like you are suggesting.

Kind of. Cognitive dissonance is more referring to reconciling our denial, rather than the denial itself. Very, very similar, but not the same.

While on the topic of CD, religion requires a fair bit of it. I think the moderate religious person has the most, because they will accept their religious dogma and simultaneously accept things that work against it. Reconciling the two must be a source of great mental discomfort, which is where CD comes into play. While the person with massive amounts of CD isn't really lying in the traditional sense, they are being dishonest. They're not acting genuinely. I think this falls under my shallow understanding of Bad Faith, but other free agents are welcome to correct me if I'm misunderstanding. The religious are not the only ones who can be objects in the world, however. I feel like dishonestly should be decided on an individual basis, rather than a stereotypical one.