Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?

[Anomalocaris]

I do not see the two as mutually exclusive. It is theology 101 with respect to Scripture that it can satisfy on multiple levels. As with some maps, the edges of understanding are often labeled "here ther be monsters".

that’s a little like saying a substance contains lethal poisons and a substance contains innocuous constituents are not mutually exclusive, and it can be taken up by the body at multiple levels.

indeed the substance contain lethal poison and less harmed up substance both.   The key is the substance would be unstable and would largely evaporate away before it can be drunk by too many people without the lethal poison acting as the stabilizing agent to preserve it to be drunk.