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>So people have to be taught how to interpret texts the "right" way?
Nope. It's about knowing how to interpret text. Lots of people are unaware of what they are doing when they interpret a text.
Like (You).
>Who decides what that is?
Various elements decide it, for example: the genre of the text, the paragraph of the word you are interpreting, the author of the text using these two elements, etc.
>And if it's not God, then what's the point?
Well, God uses various methods to teach us the Truth.
He doesn't stop at a literal meaning.
>Inb4 How do you know that?
Because the world doesn't have four corners (Ezekiel 7:2).
>I don't see why religion and spirituality can't be analyzed scientifically
The Bible is not a scientific book.
>there's literally nothing else in human experience that requires "faith"
Science requires faith.
>Faith is a bunch of abusive medieval bullshit.
I really like how Trent Horn puts it: faith means to trust. It doesn't mean having a delusion.
You say that during the middle ages people would have faith in the Bible.
But during the middle ages it was established that earth in not flat.
They didn't stop science.
Quoting Proverbs 10:14, quoting sir Francis Bacon... I mean you are uncultured.
Watch this course on the relationship of Science and Religion by dr. Lameroux, please.
It's free and only 20 hours long. https://coursera.org/learn/science-and-religion-101

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If it was mandatory to read the bible do you think that would create more atheists or more believers?