There are some on the forum who would disagree with you vehemently.
I came across it in a small church here in KY. I was trying to discuss ECT vs CI in the bible with one of the elders. He and I were both about 60 years old. He had gone to that one small church his entire life. I’d become a Christian in my late 20’s and had attended four churches in my time in Seattle.
When we started debating, it became pretty clear he had no clue what he was talking about, other than to say that he believed it. Finally, red-faced, he held up his KJV bible and said, “I believe what the bible says!” To which I responded, “So do I. Where we differ is interpretation.”
He was beside himself and stormed out of the sanctuary. I was very saddened by the whole thing. My whole Christian life it has been imperative to me that I be able to support my beliefs, especially with those outside the church.
I’ve had people argue about what the Bible says with me who have never sat and actually read the Greek and/or Hebrew! As if one could begin to understand what the writers were saying without knowing what the words meant in the original language :-(