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> Maybe that 6 days is a metaphor. If it is up to the reader to decide which is and which isn't a metaphor that should not be taken literally, than the text is

by okl 5y ago

> Maybe that 6 days is a metaphor. If it is up to the reader to decide which is and which isn't a metaphor that should not be taken literally, than the text is no better than the reader's capability to distinguish metaphors from facts to be taken literally, is it?

swayvil 5y ago
Well, yes. It's a failure of the medium. It requires an expert to interpret properly. And most of us aren't that. And some of those in charge of translation and interpretation aren't that either.
- oblak 5y ago
  Hah. I wonder what of experts you have in mind