The issue here is you’ve focused on the political context and not on the actual reason I disagreed with the recommendation, which was: 1. It’s not authentic fo

The issue here is you’ve focused on the political context and not on the actual reason I disagreed with the recommendation, which was: 1. It’s not authentic for a plethora of reasons (you disagree on that point, which is fine) 2. Even treating it’s stories as just stories, they can differ a lot from one translation to another. Even when you look at different versions of modern stories, at least the basic premise remains roughly the same. Some of the translations of the Bible change key events in hugely significant ways. Which then begs the question, which version of the Bible should one read? 3. It’s also just not well written by modern standards. It’s fine to disagree with some of the political context but you’re being disingenuous to my original post by distilling it down to an argument about gender and politics.