[hosepipe]

[ Though God The Father uses anthropomorphised metaphors for our benefit more than a little. ]

Exactly.. About metaphorical inference...
If I say; "its raining cats and dogs"(metaphor)
And one goes running to "the window" to see pets falling...
That one has missed the point wouldn't you say..

Jesus spoke mostly/many times in metaphor.. sometimes anthropomorphised..
BUT many run to see the pets falling.. nevertheless..

Thats WHY I see this as quite a large subject..
And as A-G suggests part of the "observer" problem...

[Quix]

Jesus spoke mostly/many times in metaphor.. sometimes anthropomorphised..
BUT many run to see the pets falling.. nevertheless..

Thats WHY I see this as quite a large subject..
And as A-G suggests part of the "observer" problem...

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True.

Though I tend to have a bias in favor of literalist interpreations AND metaphorical interpretations . . . there are seemingly clearly times when metaphorical is the only sensible one.