(March 22, 2014 at 10:16 am)Chas Wrote: That reads as a series of loosely connected ad hoc arguments. Those interpretations are so far from a straightforward reading of the text as to be laughable. The only thing different about Walton's book appears to be the direction he's facing as he contorts himself into an interpretive pretzel.
It's "pseudo". And what you think of as pseudo-literalists are actually literalists; it is Walton and you who are not, in fact, reading the Bible literally.
The difference between your position and Walton's, is that his is thoroughly researched and supported by example after example and cross reference. Just like the YEC & ID positions, your counter argument completely lacks substance.
