yes.
"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....
But, we can each address the truth in our own, uniquely diverse, God-given words and imagery -- so that, perhaps, light might reach through -- even to someone to whom we are not addressing them directly...
My personal discussions with you, my "light-bringer" Sisters, (who certainly need no convincing) are often shared openly here in that very hope.
However, I must admit that very rarely do I leave our "like-minded three-ways" without being far more blessed than beforehand! :-)
Thank you, Dear Sisters in Christ!!!
Besides... we never know who just might be lurking and "reading over our shoulders"... '-)