You sneer out of disbelief. The Bible does have both literal and metaphorical meaning. It also has past, present and future meaning. How to explain to a scoffer? Well, I guess starting out by saying that those old Rabbis were just into that sort of thing. So was Isaac Newton.
I, myself, love scientific "scholars" who profess to know where the center of the universe is located, such as yourself in a previous exchange.
So, starlifter, just where is the center of the universe? I've been on pins and needles for a month.
Have you really been on pins and needles for a month? My God, how pathetic. But if you wish, I'll tell you tomorrow.
You are not smart enough to know what my beliefs are or are not, but you are foolish enough to think that you do.
Everywhere and nowhere is the center of the Universe. The Universe is curved. The question is the same as where are the four corners of the world.