Not comparing them to each other, but it’s very similar to KJV-only Christians. Asinine, on both counts.
Indeed. Have you seen how seriously Moslem’s take their dogma? The fight between Sunni and Shia has been going on since Mohammed died. And their disagreement is over who should succeed Mohammed.
No, it is not necessarily asinine. For many, it has to do with leftist Higher Criticism, the Textus Receptus (Received Text), and the suspect scholars, Westcott and Hort. (Here is a hint: Their texts were not received when written.)