I think it's rather unfair to demand intimate knowledge of your holy scripture before I'm allowed discuss it and criticise it. There are many Christians in this world that have never explored beyond the confines of their own religious upbringing, yet casually dismiss (and even mock) other religions.
Am I a scholar in the bible and Christianity? No, but I'd wager I have a better grasp than your average person on the street. At what point would you deem that I am worthy to dismiss Christianity? Do I need to cite chapter and verse on command? List each book in the NT and OT? Do I have to be able to break down the metaphore inherant in the many parables the bible contains?
Why isn't it enough to see rampant hypocrisy and bigotry that runs through mainstream Christianity?
I don't ask people to recite or even kinda explain the lotus sutra to me before I'll accept their criticism of Buddhism.
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