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Okay, obviously this title is not an instruction manual, but a tongue-in-cheek thing.

I’ll explain.
The idea is: when we go off and do this stuff we always think we’re being so sneaky and clever, but in reality, our excuses are nothing new at all.  Like in our mind we think we’re getting away with something, when our rationalizations are actually pretty transparent. (Hence the satirical title.)

The purpose of this topic is to brainstorm what some of these main excuses are.

For instance, the Bible clearly says XYZ, but we justify it in our minds like “well, it doesn’t really mean that…” Yet, that exact same rationalization is found in Satan’s first recorded words in Genesis 3:1 “Did God reeeeeeally say that?”

I’m hoping that by doing this:
A) In the spirit of this forum, so we can “get into our characters’ heads” and come up with relatable ways for them to try to rationalize their actions
B) In our real lives, maybe if we recognize when we are doing some of these things, it can be a red flag that, “hey, whatever this is, I probably ought to knock it off”

What do you think?  What are some of the tactics we use, thinking we will “get away with it”?