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 If you don't know what [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]] is, please read our article on the subject.  You might find that you are suffering from it!
-One of the results of [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]] is that dissonance reduction will often cause the sufferer to look for a simple and easy way to ignore the fact that is causing the dissonance.  As a result, quite intelligent people will often settle for answers that are not reasonable, but that will allow the sufferer to ignore the real issue.
+One of the results of [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]] is that a person will look for a simple and easy way to ignore the fact that is causing the frustration. As a result, intelligent people can settle for answers that are not reasonable, but that will allow them to ignore the real issue.
+In this case, some followers of William Branham resort to conspiracy theories to explain that William Branham's prophecy is correct, that the moon landing was a hoax, and that man never landed on the moon.
-In this case, some followers of William Branham resort to conspiracy theory to explain that William Branham's prophecy is correct, in that man never landed on the moon.  Instead, it was actually [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories a vast conspiracy perpetrated on the world by the US government].
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