Because it doesn’t change the message at all. And if you follow a religion because you agree with its teachings, does the source really matter??
If you read somewhere you should be kind to others for betterment of the society. You said “that makes sense, I’ll do it from now onwards”, and you later learn it was a fantasy story and wasn’t talking about real life, would you stop being kind? Now replace that with not actively hurting people.
Because it doesn’t change the message at all. And if you follow a religion because you agree with its teachings, does the source really matter??
If you read somewhere you should be kind to others for betterment of the society. You said “that makes sense, I’ll do it from now onwards”, and you later learn it was a fantasy story and wasn’t talking about real life, would you stop being kind? Now replace that with not actively hurting people.