The debate is over

[Tempus]

And that, I think, is what it really comes down to. Being ill-informed about living in fantasy? I think he sees it for the disease it is. It would have to be embarrassing to have to talk with any seriousness to the self-deluded regarding their love of an irreality the "truth" of which they have never yet substantiated with an iota of evidence.

There's nothing fantasy-like about the existence of various religious peoples, the history of their religions, and their practices. They all actually exist in reality and if you're planning to criticise them I think you ought to understand them first. Of course, if you're critcising general things, like the validity of belief without evidence that's fine. If you're criticising the Bible on some point, however, you'd better actually be familiar with the Bible.