Simply being raised as a devout Catholic doesn't necessarily mean one will have memorized every single passage throughout the Bible....nor does it mean they will understand it.
There are a lot of stories I wouldn't remember offhand if someone asked me, and I've read through the Bible numerous times. Why? Because I didn't study it. Its like a novel...I've read certain books numerous times yet I couldn't recite anything from THAT book outside of what happens in the end.
Plus, Catholics have a history of discouraging their 'people' from reading the Bible. How long did it take before the Catholic Church allowed their followers to actually own a Bible, and read it by themselves.
Some people call themselves Christian, simply based on their church going record, and the fact that they read a few chapters every night. To those of us who actually understand the true meaning behind Christianity, we realize that such a belief is not centered around NOT missing mass, or knowing every freakin' story in the Bible....but by what you believe, and your faith in that belief.
I also didn't know until recently that Judas didn't die from hanging himself....he died from 'trying' to hang himself but happened to fail that way, and fell....killing himself in some strange way.
Of course I probably read that part of the Bible numerous times, but it never stood out to me.
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