Biblical illiteracy

[Bad Writer]

As an ex-Mormon, we had an Article of Faith that stated "We believe the Bible to be the Word of God, as far as it is translated correctly. ..." It was the consensus among my peers that the book was a source of limited spiritual knowledge, which meant it became a haven for cherry picking. Yet, at the same time, it also became a scripture in our canon that didn't really need to be taken seriously. When I lost my belief that the Book of Mormon was at all true, it was then just as easy to throw away the Holy Babble because I instinctually took its words with a grain of salt anyway.

However, I will say that I still had to contend with what it said back when I was Mormon, which meant I did study quite a bit of it. A lot of Mormon doctrine, though found in the Book of Mormon and other sources, stems from the Bible. My literacy was admirable, even if I didn't believe it all.

Someone mentioned earlier that being an ex-Christian helps an atheist with Bible literacy, and I'd say that certainly plays a huge part in that fact. A lot of us here are living proof of this.