The Song of Solomon actually says ‘Thy eyes are as doves’, not ‘Your eyes are doves’, so of course it’s a simile (not a metaphor, yet another thing Bel has gotten wrong).
But the point is tragically missed. Yes, there is figurative language in scripture, but it’s a colossal mistake to extend that fact to mean everything in the Bible is meant to be taken figuratively. There’s plenty of passages that are clearly literal and are also factually wrong, horrific, or just plain dumb and stupid.
Boru
But the point is tragically missed. Yes, there is figurative language in scripture, but it’s a colossal mistake to extend that fact to mean everything in the Bible is meant to be taken figuratively. There’s plenty of passages that are clearly literal and are also factually wrong, horrific, or just plain dumb and stupid.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
