Do you discount a witness because of their title or socioeconomic background?
I
discount my own testimony as a witness. I would never ask anyone to take my single version as truth as I am human and fallible. Do you believe yourself?
In case you haven't noticed people believe things that they did not partake in so seriously, that they die to prove their sincerity (in honestly believing a lie).
Like skyscraper collision assisted group suicide...