Frodo based on your statements I get the impression that you dont have a strong knowledge of the Old Testament.I dont mean to be offensive but yes,I feel that you should read the bible straight through objectively,I have done it 4 times one of those times in Spanish.And maybe that would give you a better grasp of most of what I am talking about.Now if the writers and even todays current believers dont take the bible literally,then why do you suppose that the battle to teach ID in our schools is so prevalent?The christian fundamentalists have been trying for years to present their mythological creation myth as fact in our public schools here in America.I dont know how it is in other countries but speaking from my country and my personal experience,literalist christians far outnumber those that you say are non-literalist.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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