[betty boop]

Indeed, we must speak up but we cannot force anyone to see what we see.

"There is no one so blind as he who refuses to see."

Such a refusal has nothing to do with reason, or scienzia. It must stem from some dark impulse of the heart.

Or as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, et al. diagnosed it, from some pneumopathological disorder — called nosos [Plato], nosemos [Aristotle], or aspernatio rationis ["contemptutous rejection of reason" — Cicero].

I very much doubt that many contemporary people have even a clue of what these men were talking about.

This is going to sound very drastic; but to me, such willful blindness seems to indicate a refusal to be fully human.... It represents a rejection, both of man's created nature, and of the human condition itself....

[Alamo-Girl]

So very true and wise, dearest sister in Christ!

[YHAOS]

“There is no one so blind as he who refuses to see.”
“Such a refusal has nothing to do with reason, or scienzia. It must stem from some dark impulse of the heart.”

And, that “dark impulse of the heart” stems from a colossal ego which spurs such a person to put himself before the Lord, that is, that person who scorns those who are meek and put the Lord first. From which comes the meaning of “the Meek” (see Psalms 25:8-9 and Matthew 5:5 “for they shall inherit the earth.”)