Perhaps you are right; I certainly will accept that as a possibility. However, I don't see it as the same, so I process it differently.

For instance, "Hi, I'm from the Internal Revenue Service and I'm here to help" is an attempt to deceive. On the other hand, the sixteen year old driving the new BMW living in a McMansion with her wealthy parents telling me, "I know that I would never steal, even if I were starving because stealing is wrong." is simply untrue. It may be true that she would never steal but it is patently untrue that she knows this. She has been insufficiently tested by life to know this about herself.

Those may not be the best examples, but I hope it illustrates the difference that I see.