"Certainly you've heard of 'figures of speech'.
Surprise ... the Bible uses them.
I'll bet you do too. "
You're right - I do. I also agree that these are figures of speech. Therefore, the Bible can't be taken as literal fact, since there are many instances of "figures of speech", as you pointed out.
So ... because you admit to using 'figures of speech', ... we should assume that you are never speaking 'literally' ?
"So ... because you admit to using 'figures of speech', ... we should assume that you are never speaking 'literally' ? "
Substitute "never" with "not always" and you're correct.