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While the scriptures may contain writing that is callous towards women and gay people, it is important to remember that the bible and Quran were written at a time when values and morals were vastly different and these groups were viewed and treated much differently than they are now.

And if we treated the books merely as historical texts then you might have a point.  Looking at a piece of literature within the context of the time it was written makes sense for literary critique - for example, talking about how the language in Huckleberry Finn was the common language of the time and not putting too much critique of that in your review.
The problem arises that religious texts are not used simply as historical documents; they are used by many as guides on how to behave in the modern world.  Those passages of scripture are quoted by many as how one should believe and behave today and used as a moral rubric for decisions in 2023.
That is something that should be scrutinized and critiqued in society.  Any moral framework, regardless of when it was written, is fair game for discussion when people are attempting to justify that framework's modern-day use.
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With religions as big as the ones you mentioned, you're talking about hundreds of millions of people, all with different personal beliefs and different levels of acceptance of the different teachings of their respective religions. So most generalizations are just gonna be false.
That being said, there are identifiable issues that are rooted in religious beliefs that, even though we're not talking about 100% of them, a large proportion, sometimes a majority, accept them as they are thought, or as they are written in their respective scriptures. I think it is fair to criticize and "scrutinize" these issues, not because they are rooted in texts written so long ago, but because so many of these people accept them and live by them today. >


I think it is fair to criticize and "scrutinize" these issues

Of course it is fair to scrutinize the issues. I am speaking the effectiveness of scrutinizing the religion as a whole.