Quote Originally Posted by bmolsson

In regards to your color example, it's exactly what I am trying to say. The society tells everyone at brith that the green color is the favorite, everyone is taught to believe so, but not all do actually agree with this. Since the favorite color is not of importance to them as individuals, they accept the fact and participate in the society anyway.
Let's work with this model. If under this situation the government tells person A their favorite color is Green and they actually claim Orange is their favorite: what is their favorite color? Who is right?

If person B is told green is their favorite color and they are indifferent, is green really their favorite color?

If person C is told green is their favorite color and they claim: "yes, green is my favorite color" is the final determination based on the government dicta or the person's statement?

The heart of man is not what is the most important for most people. Food, family, the flock, etc are far more important for the individual to survive and live a good life than faith in a deity or a favorite color.
It would seem that would depend on the person. Those who commit their lives to a cause may disagree. Those who die for a cause would seem to also disagree.