Didn't many people ignore and scorn the sacred teachings directly from Jesus Christ, and didn't they also mock Him about those sacred teachings?
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“Didn’t many people ignore and scorn the sacred teachings directly from Jesus Christ, and didn’t they also mock Him about those sacred teachings?”
You do know that the ones that mocked or scorned we’re not believers?
Are you arguing that the members of the Roman Catholic Church are not believers either?
Some did - some didn't.
Jesus answered, The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.