Sure there are some allegorical passages, but Genesis, in particular, is literal.
Are you saying that with all my moving around (8-9 states), and all the churches I've dropped in on, that I've managed to find just the one little group in the area that believes exactly like me--just on pure chance?
“Sure there are some allegorical passages, but Genesis, in particular, is literal.”
Genesis, in particular, is allegory. We disagree.