I have been so very frustrated as absolutely NO-ONE believes anything I have to share with them. Their cognitive dissonance is epic!!

they can only see what they've been trained to perceive, For them to Innerstand that they're only following someone's opinion, whom they've never met, would break their soul, cognitive dissonance indeed

Or its just proof of the#SinNature = Alienation from GOD and conforming to the fallen world run by#HeavensRejects
Hope is more than a 'feeling'
Real HOPE is of GOD :)

Understood, but they, like we, have free will to choose, and they have chosen, maybe the lack of heavenly fulfilment can be attributed, but in the everyday, they decide

Agree, but are they really choosing?
Even the 'social engineers' take credit for their choices - and ours! if we aline to their 'programming and conditioning'.
We're taught that we have 'free will' but let's reconsider that and 'test it'.
You've probably heard of the Fabian Society, and the 'fiction' writers members. Were they really 'warning us' or was it a form of social conditioning 'putting in our minds' what they wanted us to 'think'? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Society
Example: until the serpent (d'vil spirit) 'enticed and beguiled' Eve by planting 'seeds of doubt' in her mind, that GOD was keeping 'good things' from her - neglecting that those 'things' were Lies, evil & death.
The BIBLE states we've been given by GOD a conscience, and that is not of the rulers of this world.
When the conscience is used to serve the 'beast system' the person 'thinks' they're Free, but they're not.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/search.php?hs=1&q=seared+conscience

You have a point, in the end, no matter how indoctrinated or "lost" a person can be, eventually one sees the glimpse of truth and the fear of knowing you can be incorrect is too much to bear, too much to handle. So, no matter how enticing the devil's offer can be, you can either accept it or reject. Most will whimper at the thought of being misled by the people they have trusted the most