Why does a programmer need to learn scripting language or mark up before engaging fully in programming

Answer 1

My idea is that basically there must be a beginning as I do not believe in magic to wake up as a programmer....scripting is just the basics of the programming world

Answer 2

it's not necessary. it's just the easiest way to begin with programming. take JavaScript for example: everyone has a browser and a text editor, so you don't need to download and install additional software to start coding. you don't need to compile the code. you see the results right away. you'll learn how to structure your code, you learn about loops and conditions, also methods/functions.
this knowledge makes it much much easier to head over to programming languages like C++ or java.