"Ad Hoc Rescue
Very often we desperately want to be right and hold on to certain beliefs, despite any evidence presented to the contrary. As a result, we begin to make up excuses as to why our belief could still be true, and is still true, despite the fact that we have no real evidence for what we are making up."

and many others.. could YOUR reasoning be listed here. It's nothing to be ashamed of. We all are tempted to assert or accept ideas that fail certain tests. What is unfortunate is that so few care what 'logic' says.
AS an old woman was quoted as saying by Nietzsche.."Of course it was a just war! My son died in it!"

(as a side note.. some things we accept or believe may in fact be true, but not for the reasons we claim)