I am impressed. You read the Koran in Arabic? Or the Bhagavata in Sanskrit. The Tanakh in Hebrew? The Buddhavacana in Pali? That is really amazing :) Or were you just pulling my leg?
Familiarity with the stories does not equal a detailed or scholarly knowledge. That applies to believers as well as non. A knowledge of a religion goes far, far beyond a reading of the “standard works”.
Yes, but a familiarity with the teachings does go a long ways towards understanding the religion. Have you found that most of your comrades truly understand their beliefs?
And reading does not equal comprehension.
I couldn't agree more : )
A book knowledge is entirely different from a faith. Christians usually refer to it as a “head” knowledge vs. “heart” knowledge.
And your point is that faith trumps actual knowledge? The reality is the other way around : )
I will agree that blind faith often has the power to get people to do stupid and crazy stuff, the Moslem suicide bombers for example.
I am impressed. You read the Koran in Arabic? Or the Bhagavata in Sanskrit. The Tanakh in Hebrew? The Buddhavacana in Pali? That is really amazing :) Or were you just pulling my leg?
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Not pulling your leg. Arabic, Sanskrit and Hebrew, (not Pali) as well as Greek, Egyptian (demotic and hieroglyphs), Latin, Gaelic, and several modern European languages. It’s a gift made easier by a Graduate degree in Linguistics.