Exactly.
If you take the whole thing as literal, then everything is generally straightforward. You don't have to spend time figuring out context, cultural issues and so on. But as soon as you say that one part is allegorical or a metaphor (genesis for example), you're immediately left with the vast problem of how to interpret the rest of it. If one part isn't literal, why in the world should the rest of it be literal?
If you take the whole thing as literal, then everything is generally straightforward. You don't have to spend time figuring out context, cultural issues and so on. But as soon as you say that one part is allegorical or a metaphor (genesis for example), you're immediately left with the vast problem of how to interpret the rest of it. If one part isn't literal, why in the world should the rest of it be literal?
"I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability." Oscar Wilde
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