Why Do Christian Conservatives Believe Lies

The Trump/Christian political phenomenon has been explained as the need for an authoritarian figure in the psych of one slice of society. Probably every society has groups that want an authoritarian dictator. 

The current copy of Skeptic magazine is not on line yet but I have my hard copy, It explained some at least part of why things that are so clearly not true are believed by so many.

The article was a review of academic journal peer reviewed works. I learned the term, "bullshit" is not a borderline profanity or term of poor taste but one that has been rather clearly defined and measured as the propaganda tool. The term "liar" is defined in this field of propaganda literature to mean someone who knows the truth but claims something different is true to achieve his own ends. The term "bullshit" applied when the speaker or writer has little to no interest in what the truth is but says things that advance his cause without reflecting on whether what is said is true or not. 

Experiments have been done comparing the success of liars and bullshitters in persuading people that something not true is true. Two groups were involved, one hearing a lie and the other hearing various kinds of bullshit. 

A short while after the information was given the two groups they were asked if they believed what they had been told. At this point in time, the group that had been lied to was more likely to believe what it had been told. The group told all kinds of things, bullshit, was more skeptical. In time, however, the two groups reversed. Time had made both groups a little hazy on what had happened. The group lied to had reflected or learned more and came less likely to believe the lie. The group which heard a blizzard of false statements, bullshit, however, remembered only some had come to have a favorable impression of portions of it. This is quite disturbing.

I'm not sure this applies, but what about the claim the 2020 election was a fraud? That claim was based on a blizzard of unsubstantiated claims. There was "ballots" were in a bag," "observers were prevented from being present in restricted areas," "the voting machines were tampered with in South America," etc., all bullshit. Could it be these bullshit claims will grow in credibility as the years go by? Frightening for sure.