Quote Originally Posted by Forsaken Lover View Post
...Thats like believing if you keep stabbing yourself in the leg once a day, it will eventually no longer bleed.
We're talking religion here. The faithful in some religions, mainly Christianity though, are supposed to be tested. You are not to lose your faith but have it strenghtened.

Same with Spira. They believed because they were positive their belief would eventually stop Sin form returning.

It also doesn't help that their belief wad all that kept them going. If they didn't have Yevon most would, as Yunalesca said, fall to complete despair.

When you have really nothing else to believe in you'll cling to what you have with all your might.
Actually, I'm sure if a giant whale appeared in the real world and terrorized the world, the moment the church cried 'It is simply a test from God' they'd lose a chunk of followers as people turn to the people who have really big guns to solve the problem.

And if those guns don't work, you'd have people developing bigger, and more explosive weapons to fight, not sit idealy by as some old decrepid man says, "Just suck it up and it will eventually go away if you leave it to us' for thousands of years.