lol they would take that story the exact opposite way you intend. "so, if i keep believing, my faith will eventually be rewarded!" god seems to only fuck with people who believe in him :thinking-about-it:
There were various points in the middle ages where lepers and the blind were regarded as extra pious, like full of God's blessings. It meant God took special interest in you and was granting you grand spiritual enlightenment. And he did that through leprosy. Some cultures saw tuberculosis that way too.
lol they would take that story the exact opposite way you intend. "so, if i keep believing, my faith will eventually be rewarded!" god seems to only fuck with people who believe in him :thinking-about-it:
There were various points in the middle ages where lepers and the blind were regarded as extra pious, like full of God's blessings. It meant God took special interest in you and was granting you grand spiritual enlightenment. And he did that through leprosy. Some cultures saw tuberculosis that way too.