To those who believe Bible is not literal...

[solja247]

But people do take it literally.

They take it as literally true because they have been brainwashed to believe the bible and its in the bible,
Without any sign that it is not litteral so they accept it as true.
These dumb fuckers are all over you tube. (People like the infamous venomfangx).

This is at least partly because the book is so badly written in ambiguous and poetic language that has, (as you admit) some crazy whacko parts in it.

Those people are dumb. The problem is, people dont want to think, it takes to much effort, so they build their little fort, even if its contray to logic, they will continue to dig a hole. I debated a naturalist once, who claimed that drugs were bad and a healthy diet would get rid of everything, even viruses. They dont care about what is true or not they are usually less inteligent and depend heavily on circular reasoning.

Sol, the whack jobs who take it literally would denounce you as "not a true xtian" for failing to do so.

I would get into a debate with them and show their wasnt really a good idea. Although that would rely on thinking and looking at the Greek and Hewbrew, which is too hard for fundies

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Todays modern Christians have made most of the bible practically allegorical because taken literally the bible makes no damn sense. I have heard some Christians go as far as saying that Adam and Eve are not real historical characters and that the garden of Eden is not a literal place. But if this is so then why does the bible bother to give Adam a geneology and even tells you how old he was when he died?

You should read N.T Wright's work, its brillant and will answer your questions...

Also the N.T. acknowledges that Adam was a real person as well: 12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. Romans 5:12-14

No. Paul was using Adam as a typology, all Jews did believe Adam was a litteral person, but get into Wright's books and you will find these answers, plus a lot more...