First of all, you slam (by implication, not directly) all used car salesmen as dishonest--somehow believing that any and almost all religious practioners are somehow heads and shoulders above all used cars salesmen.
I would say it's more balanced than you think: There are more upright, Christian (even LDS, mind you) used car salesmen than you give them credit for being; and likewise, there are more dishonest religious practioners than you apparently care to concede.
I'm sure if you interviewed the thounsands of distinct religious adherents out there, you'd come up with a very high % who would consider themselves an "honest" practitioner. Yet how many JWs, how many New Age offshoots, how many self-improvement cults, how many voodoo and wicca and occultic based groups, how many koolaid cults are either weak representations of the original (at best) or are outright fraud at its flashpoint of origin? Who cares if folks are sincere in their beliefs. You can be sincerely wrong!
I mean just look at the high number of LDS off-shoot sects. You think those folks consider themselves "dishonest"?
>>First of all, you slam (by implication, not directly) all used car salesmen as dishonest…
Yep, I believe that to be a common perception, and a stereotype justly earned, by those I have dealt with.
>>Who cares if folks are sincere in their beliefs.
Any right thinking individual will have caution when critiquing with another’s beliefs.
I would feel dishonest with God for messing with your beliefs.
Are you sincere in your beliefs?
Perception may not be reality, but it’s all we have. (Grin)