(December 30, 2011 at 11:58 am)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: I don't look at it very hard because it's all made up and irrelevant.
And theists like yourself deciding which bits are literal and which are metaphorical, always amuses me.
Do not be amused and triumphant. Since texts customarily use literal and figurative language, interpretation is called upon to recognize whether the languge in a given text is literal or metaphorical.