Ccognitive dissonance. This happens when there is internal conflict. He beelieves in Jesus, and he believes in the church. The church, after all, is the expression of Jesus Christ. If the church is saying that all these peoplevare right, then your father must make a choice. He must either admit the church is wrong, in which case he has to question his entire faith in Jesus Christ, or he can go on believing in thee church and Jesus, in which case he must defend what the. Church says.