[Dimensio]

If you have to believe EVERY word of the Bible is a 100% absolutely accurate historical record to be a Christian

Do Biblical literalists believe that a man and a woman meld into a single gelatinous mass of organic matter when they become "one flesh"?

[Quark2005]

Do Biblical literalists believe that a man and a woman meld into a single gelatinous mass of organic matter when they become "one flesh"?

I don't know (I never thought of that one...). However, I do always find it ironic that it's generally the exact same crowd who insists that Genesis must be taken exactly literally does the exact opposite with the book of Revelation, reading allegory into almost every verse (i.e. referring to America as "Babylon") to twist the meaning enough to make it look like a prophecy for the immediate future.

I really think there's more of an agenda of control and self-advocation for many of these people than what the true meaning of the Word of God is. (Christ warned us about such people...)

[js1138]

Do Biblical literalists believe that a man and a woman meld into a single gelatinous mass of organic matter when they become "one flesh"?

Jesus made fun of Nicodemus for attempting to take words literally and ignoring the meaning behind them.

This passage is generally interpreted to mean that we must take everything in the Bible literally.