Conviction in religion is incentivized

Thesis: Conviction in religion is incentivized in abrahamic faiths.

The dictionary defines conviction as: a firmly held belief or opinion.

Both Islam and Christianity consider this quality a virtue. In fact, it can be argued that conviction in their claims is the highest virtue for each respective religion. The reason for this is that according to both Islam and Christianity, one can hypothetically be forgiven for virtually any crime if they believe in God and his religion.

Most Christians and Muslims will probably not dispute my argument so far. However, they will probably begin disagreeing when I say that the religions encourage the opposite of open-mindedness by encouraging absolute conviction in their claims.

Many Muslims and Christians encourage activities that strengthen one's conviction or faith in their religions. Open-minded: the quality of being willing to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different to your own

Absolute conviction in one's beliefs is the opposite of being open-minded.

In my view, reeligious individuals on Reddit and in liberal societies appear to be in denial of the fact their religions do not encourage being open-minded. I suspect this is because they value open-mindedness and see it as a virtue personally, but this is at odds with the religions they claim to believe in.