the point is just that that's the rational reaction to any religion, in it's initial stages. they're all full of completely batshit nonsense that no sane person could ever take seriously. there's not a word in any of these religious texts that's worth taking seriously, for the shortest second.
and, it's how people react to religions, until they have millions of followers, and you have to accommodate their absurdity so as to not "offend" them.