> I wonder if he really believes what he says or if he knowingly and willfully lies.
He will literally say anything it takes, truthful or not, to win the current argument.
Anybody familiar with the church has encountered this sort of "playing both sides of the fence" before.
In both cases, the Holy Man has all the answers, and it sounds like they know what they are talking about-- even if their answers are contradictory.
Questioning that leads to circular logic you can't unravel, and in the end you give up and accept that they know better than you. Institutionalized gaslighting, in both cases.
He will literally say anything it takes, truthful or not, to win the current argument.
Anybody familiar with the church has encountered this sort of "playing both sides of the fence" before.
In both cases, the Holy Man has all the answers, and it sounds like they know what they are talking about-- even if their answers are contradictory.
Questioning that leads to circular logic you can't unravel, and in the end you give up and accept that they know better than you. Institutionalized gaslighting, in both cases.