Just remember that you are not dealing with honorable people, they are merely dumb terminals connected to a mainframe in Brooklyn. They don't have any personal conscience, just one that is dictated to them, so don't expect them to act like rational human beings. Their whjole life structure is based around this religion so they will defend it using any sort of twisted reasoning, the truth would be too damaging to their sense of purpose. They have to go around making gigantic mental leaps of acrobatic reasoning every day just to justify their way of life, its old hat to them and deeply ingrained.