The Bible teaches that the entire world of men is in darkness spiritually, being mislead by Satan the Devil. So it is no surprise.
For example Revelation 12:9 states: "Satan..is misleading the entire inhabited earth."
Byington's translation says that Satan is the "misleader of the whole world of men." The American Standard Version translates it as "the deceiver of the whole world."
The apostle John wrote in 1 John 5:19: "The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one."
When prophecy speaks of a coming destruction of ungodly people it includes the entire inhabited earth as being the receipts of divine wrath and destruction:
"For by the fire of his zeal the whole earth will be consumed,
Because he will make an extermination, indeed a terrible one, of all the inhabitants of the earth."-Zephaniah 1:18.
Jesus, when talking of salvation said that the majority of all humankind is on a broad and spacious road leading off into everlasting destruction. But the road, the way, to life is cramped and narrow, and very few people, comparatively, have found it, and are walking on it:
"Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it."-Matthew 7:13-14.
So according to God's inspired word, what is brought out in the OP of the thread is nothing surprising. Even a cursory glance through the scriptures reveals that Satan has blinded the minds of the people so that the glorious good news of the Christ might not shine upon their hearts and they be saved:
"Among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through."-2 Corinthians 4:4.
This spiritual blindness that the majority of humankind is in is referred to as darkness, and death, and blindness in the Bible:
"The One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."-1 Peter 2:9.
"For you were once darkness, but you are now light in connection with the Lord. Go on walking as children of light."-Ephesians 5:8.
"He rescued us from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son."-Colossians 1:13.
"God made you alive, though you were dead in your trespasses and sins."-Ephesians 2:1.
"God has given them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, down to this very day."-Romans 11:8.
"So, then, let us not sleep on as the rest do, but let us stay awake and keep our senses."-1 Thessalonians 5:6.
"God made you alive, though you were dead in your trespasses and sins."-Ephesians 2:1.
The Bible makes it abundantly clear that Satan is the ruler of the world, he has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, misleading the entire inhabited earth, and the vast majority of humankind chose the broad and spacious road that leads to everlasting destruction. The world is asleep spiritually, it is dead in its trespasses and sins. It is blind mentally and spiritually so that it cannot see salvation.
It says that Jehovah sends his witnesses to preach about the truth to all humankind as a witness and a warning. And when the preaching work is complete the end will come, and the entire inhabited earth will be destroyed, all wicked humankind alienated from God, at Armageddon. Jesus said to preach and teach and baptize men, because baptism means their salvation:
(Matthew 24:14) And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
(1 Peter 3:21) 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, is also now saving you (not by the removing of the filth of the flesh, but by the request to God for a good conscience), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
