Religionists are hypocritical. There are exceptions in every category, but dishonesty is so common in our modern society that all of us are tempted to practice it. Most of us know what it is to salve our consciences with our rationalizations. Our rationalizing is our dishonesty with ourselves. Our first challenge is to correct this, for if we do not do this we will correct no other kind of dishonesty.
Men can deceive themselves and be honestly unaware of it.
But no person can be honestly unaware of all his falseness to himself. Honesty with ourselves requires the examination of our motives in all things. Honesty with self, will lead to honesty with others, for all men know that the conscious misleading of others has in its nature dishonesty with one's self. We all know that every lie leaves us with something to confess or to rationalize.