Not my perspective.
Josh deals with those more eloquently than I would.
For most of my 59 years, whenever I've taken The Bible literally, the most wonderful results have occurred. Whenever I didn't, usually far less than wished for results occurred.
But anyone can perform their own experiment. They just need to realize that God is not an automatic vending machine AND He does things on HIS TIMELINE, HIS WAY.
Once I was teaching third grade and a subject like that came up about prayer.
One of my little charges said "Some people need to learn that God's not Santa Claus."
Out of the mouth of babes....
Oh, I never said he was. I just find it somewhat strange to take the Bible as literal history when it is flawed and imperfect with regards to sourcing, the obvious finagling that went into it's creation, the politics that have surrounded it, etc. for centuries and consider it the end all be all.
Now that's an argument for faith over logic, and it's fine to choose one over the other if you wish, it's just that there seems to be no constructive confluence of the two when it comes to this topic and it always gets nasty and venomous.