If one reads of the "intransigence" of the Pharaohs when dealing with "God"s people," and the Pharaohs unwillingness to ever consider a different point of view from his own, it is one of the great miracles of faith that this "intransigence" is condemned by Christians as the greatest vice, even as the same Christians far exceed such "intransigence" as their own greatest virtue.
If a Pharaoh refuses to change his mind, in other words, it's a sin, but when the Christian is even more obstinate in their refusal to change their mind, despite overwhelming evidence, even to the point that they are willing to die before they would ever consider their "beliefs" are only as human as they are, the Christian counts such adamant obstinacy as the highest virtue and proof of their "faith."
That the Christian has no evidence for their "beliefs" but pure emotion, buttressed by reasoning grounded in a bloody book called the Bible, is of absolutely no consequence to the Christian, of course.
Put another way, when the Christian is more obstinate than the devil in their refusal to accept ANY evidence that their sacred "beliefs" are in fact the very opposite of truth, they are applauded as "saints" for doing so, even as they condemn anyone else for daring to do the same thing about Christianity, through the sin of trusting their own sense of skepticism.
The Christian is right, and they want the world to know it and stop asking questions, while the world is wrong, which the Christian knows infallibly because they're on a mission from God.
If a Pharaoh refuses to change his mind, in other words, it's a sin, but when the Christian is even more obstinate in their refusal to change their mind, despite overwhelming evidence, even to the point that they are willing to die before they would ever consider their "beliefs" are only as human as they are, the Christian counts such adamant obstinacy as the highest virtue and proof of their "faith."
That the Christian has no evidence for their "beliefs" but pure emotion, buttressed by reasoning grounded in a bloody book called the Bible, is of absolutely no consequence to the Christian, of course.
Put another way, when the Christian is more obstinate than the devil in their refusal to accept ANY evidence that their sacred "beliefs" are in fact the very opposite of truth, they are applauded as "saints" for doing so, even as they condemn anyone else for daring to do the same thing about Christianity, through the sin of trusting their own sense of skepticism.
The Christian is right, and they want the world to know it and stop asking questions, while the world is wrong, which the Christian knows infallibly because they're on a mission from God.
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