So even the little tiny bit of work they have to do to justify their obscene salaries is too much for them.

How do angry, hateful, vicious people like MTG convince themselves they’re Christian?

I don’t think it’s a pose - she appears to be entirely sincere about her claim to Christianity.

And I understand the basic mechanics of it - they pick and choose which parts of the Bible to highlight and which to ignore, and how to self-servingly interpret the ones they do pick.

But in a more fundamental sense, I still don’t understand how they do it. Are they really entirely devoid of self-awareness or conscience? How is that even possible? Or do they have at least some rudimentary self-awareness and conscience, but they just ignore it? How is that even possible?