[Serious] Literal and Not Literal

[Belacqua]

The bible does not have any where in it when it says. "this next bit is a metaphor and not to be taken literally" So people did and do take it literally and many many have been killed because it being taken literally by believers.

There are atheists who think like fundamentalists. For them, every line of the Bible is only and always one thing. 

The idea that it has many authors, many goals, an evolving history of hermeneutics, etc., is too much to think about.