How was the sun created on the fourth day?

[CleanShavenJesus]

So the rest of it is literal, but the part that doesn't make any sense is metaphorical. How convienent.

Look, I'm not a literalist. I'm just saying, more and more of the Bible is taken metaphorically by Christians as time goes on. Probably because it's been proven that the majority of the Bible could never even have happened. I wonder if the whole thing will be metaphorical in 50 years?

Is it wrong to believe our hermeneutics can get better as time goes on?

No, that just means people are realizing how false the "Word of God" is as time goes on.

Is it wrong to take a verse and try to read it in the genre we believe it was supposed to be? This isn't concordism. Why on earth would anyone take a poetic/metaphorical verse, and try to read it as a science book?

But who is it up to to say that certain parts are metaphorical and some are not? You? Why isn't the story of Jesus metaphorical? It doesn't make any actual sense, but he's a good role model. Maybe it's a fictional prose work to teach people to be kinder to one another. He didn't even exist.

I mean, do you really believe if the author of Genesis' intent was to write about the mechanics of creation, he would have made the mistake of saying God created light on the first day before He created the sun or the stars on the fourth day?

I believe he was uneducated in terms of astrology (like everyone in the time period in which he lived), and started a fictional story that would go on to control the minds of people for thousands of years. Because nobody knew, yet, that Genesis 1 was impossible bullshit.

Meanwhile, an allegorical interpretation fits perfectly in the hermeneutics and logical consistency of Genesis 1.

No, it doesn't. What cato said.