It would be different if he did not know what scripture says, but since he knows what it says, but chooses not to believe the truth. Light has come, but he likes darkness rather that light!
As Jesus once said........
John 9:39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
John 9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.