Should we be following scholars debate.

[brewer]

Scholars exist to impart knowledge, not to be followed. If they want to be followed they become something other than scholars.

What are religious scholars anyway? In the best of circumstances they're philosophers. In the worst scenario, they're fanatics.

I believe that there can be religious scholars with knowledge but without belief that the fantasy is real. Scholars of greek, egyptian, roman, .............

There may be some that study the modern religions without the belief but I agree that more fall into the categories of the deluded. The amount of good or evil they give to the world needs to be addressed on a case by case basis. Most of the christians I know create more good than evil.