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A good reason to read the Bible is it's one of the foundational texts of Western society. Then a casual reference to it like this doesn't sail over your head. I'm an atheist and I've read it. Do you also balk at reading literature because it's not literally true?
Uhh, I would read Moby Dick except you know there isn't really a albino whale that was hunted by a mad sea captain
Being ignorant isn't something to be proud of
Seriously, it's like saying you have to have read harry potter, just 2000 years later.
If someone made a "x points to gryffindor" joke and you felt the need to chime in with "what the fucks a gryffindor, why would I know that, you know that story isn't real right" you would be treated much the same way you're being treated now
You are generally expected, for better or worse, to have some level of familiarity with things that exist within the culture of the people you are interacting with
Do you actually think the Bible is a bunch of poems. Jesus Christ, lmao
How would you know? You haven't read it, and I doubt you've read Harry Potter either.
Choosing not to read something means you've chosen to be ignorant of it. That's a choice everyone is free to make, but it also means nobody should take you at all seriously when you talk about it.
Excuse me, what is this obscure reference you're making
If you know, you know
what the fuck is harry potter why are you expecting me to have heard of that what was 2000 years ago why are you expecting me to know that what the fuck is punctuation why are you expecting me to know how to do a sentence
You're actually saying it's somehow needed for people in 2023 to read a book of basically bad poems to understand modern society?