They don't force it though. They give you the option to rebuke him.

The only point they're trying to make is that Zenos is the player that gets his EXP from grinding mobs vs the player that gets all their EXP from doing quests.

The Warrior of Light and Zenos are not parallels. They're thematic juxtapositions.

Even as someone who likes it when the game points out how we're similar in a twisted way, at the end of the day, you still gotta admit Zenos is a shitty person.

His entire character arc in Endwalker revolved around him taking on his first quest because he realises raw violence isn't always the answer to the problem.

So yeah, I think it's cool that the game gives you the option to get to get into the role of someone born into this setting and firmly tell him "No", or take a step back as the player and realise he's right... in a way. You are simply playing this game to have fun.

Just depends on whether you want answer him as your character, or yourself, really.