Why do people believe a lie before the truth?

[Anonymous]

It’s this girl who’s married and people spreaded lies faster than the truth. Of course people believed the lies. Jealous people made others hate her for no reason because they didn’t like the man she married. they didn’t like him so they hated her as well

[Anonymous]

People are stupid. They can be made to believe any lie because either they want to believe it's true or because they are afraid it's true.

People will believe a lie because they want it to be true or because they're afraid it might be true.

The mind is ruled by psychological biases. Such biases twist the mind into believing some things are true, when they are not. Two of the most powerful biases are hope (or, described differently, optimistic belief that something may be true) and fear. When someone hopes something may or may not be true, such as that a friend did not betray him, then he may actually believe in a lie told to him by another, or told to himself, that the friend did not betray him, when in actuality the friend did. Similarly, when someone fears something may or may not be true, such as that one is not competent enough to fill one's responsibilities, then he may actually believe that such is true. Instead of allowing biases to twist one's mind, one must try and escape the effect of the biases and determine the actual truth of a situation.

[KostasKouvalis]

Sometimes lies are more convenient, I guess