The difference between what religious Muslims say and how they actually act.

This applies to us all, not just Muslims, but the study focused on that particular faith:

d(-_-)b Why People Exaggerate Religious Behavior

(This should be an embedded NPR story, but I can't preview it; if it's broken, the story is here >)

“Over reporting” laudable behavior is probably common outside religious practices. This is due to (if I may coin a term) aspirational dissonance, not intentional deception, as the story suggested.

Like high school boys who talked about it the most and did it the least.

This time of year (Easter), religious spins on normal behavior seem to choke us like weeds.

[2014-04-10]

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