[taxesareforever]

This is not what St. Augustine got out of the Bible. This isn't what Maimonides or Nahmanides, nor even Luther and Calvin used the Bible for.

Spouting rhetoric with no facts is a trait of evos. Where's the evidence that Luther didn't believe in the Genesis account? I'll be waiting.

[Alter Kaker]

Where's the evidence that Luther didn't believe in the Genesis account?

You're putting words in my mouth. My point is that Luther didn't believe that the Bible was allegory-free any more than anyone else did. Luther, unlike Augustine, did believe that the six-day stuff was literally true.

But unlike you, Luther and Augustine and all the rest recognized that the purpose of the Bible isn't to communicate facts, it's to communicate truths. From a factual perspective, the Genesis creation account isn't particularly useful.