(July 17, 2016 at 5:42 pm)ignoramus Wrote: It's about what theists believe as adults but what they tell the young about how the real world works. They do know the difference, hence the dissonance.
A thread topic on cognitive dissonance can cause cognitive dissonance if it's a good one.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.