How was the sun created on the fourth day?

[CleanShavenJesus]

I'd appreciate it if you responded to my whole post, CSJ. Knit-picking certain parts seems like extremely dishonest dialogue.

I take out the redundant parts.

You said it's not allowed for our hermeneutics to get better.

Where did I do that?

Who is it up to to determine if a verse is metaphorical or not? The writing determines it. One can tell whether a verse is being poetic and trying to portray an allegorical underlining meaning, or if the writer is trying to write something that is literal historical narrative. Trying to have this fundamentalistic approach to scripture is horribly flawed. Why isn't the story of Jesus metaphorical? Because it obviously a historical account for Jesus' life. Anyone that reads it can tell.

Oh, yes. Obviously. You can just tell these things, right? Is that why there are hundreds of sects of Christianity, all divided by how they interpret the Bible? I guess it's not that obvious what's metaphorical and what isn't. Also, there's no proof the so-called historical account of Jesus is true. Hell, you don't know if Jesus even existed. The story of Jesus Christ is written like a fictional story. Jesus is the main character. Is the story of Harry Potter real too? It's written awfully similar to an historical account.

And no, your objection to the writers "ignorance" is not a legitimate objection. They knew where light came from. They weren't blind.

What? Of course it's a legitimate objection. They thought the Sun revolved around the earth, dammit. When did I say they didn't know what the sun was? I'll tell you this, they didn't understand astrology. Period. Their ignorance is the primary reason Genesis was written. Because they had no earthly clue how the hell they got there. So they made up some crap, and that held people over for a while.