Page 39 - The Religion Of The Ignorant

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Portraying something banal as something important, and
something important as if it were banal,
Making it clear that one knows foreign languages by sprinkling
one's speech with foreign words, even when perfectly adequate
equivalents in the mother tongue are available,
Behaving as though one had considerable knowledge of the
subject being discussed even though one has little actual familiarity
with it, and adding something one may have heard about the subject
to give the impression that one enjoys a wide mastery,
Displaying artificial and exaggerated reactions even though
one is utterly unaffected by the subject under discussion, and utter-
ing words that indicate condemnation, sorrow, agreement or sup-
port, even though one actually feels none of these. An example
would be using parrot cries like, "I don't believe it!" or "I'm flabber-
gasted," even though one is not the least bit surprised.
Most of this is not sincerely felt. In fact, the listeners are usually
well aware that these words are all false. What matters, however, is
for these patterns to be used expertly. Insincerity and hypocrisy
have become so normal in the Religion of the Ignorant that even if
someone does speak honestly and appears sincere, that is referred to
as something extraordinary. In circles that live by Ignorantism, peo-
ple succeed in society to the extent to which they succeed in
hypocrisy. Looking at a great many who have come to be admired in
society, you can see their expertise at implementing these rules. Men
use insincere speech as a means to further their business careers,
and women as a means of showing off among family and acquain-
tances. Their husbands' positions, how their children are doing at
school, their wealth, social relations and activities are all duly exag-
gerated out of all proportion. The following are examples of insin-
cere speech:

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