If the Bible doesn’t mean what it says, why doesn’t it say what it means?
It doesn't mean what it says because it would be impossible to manipulate the masses with falsehoods if one followed the Bible. Look at the Koran, pure lies to manipulate the masses. Same thing with the Hindu Vedas and Buddhist texts. Sun Mying Moon has some stuff too. You want to get rich? Come up with some smooth-sounding writings that tell people what they WANT to hear instead of what they NEED to hear and you've got it made.
Politicians do it all of the time. The really SMART politicos ensure that their version of politics becomes the state religion (i.e. Communism and emperor worship).
Hey, who are you going to believe anywise, the Bible or some guy in a dress with a funny hat?
"If the Bible doesn’t mean what it says, why doesn’t it say what it means?"
Oh, like Christ saying, This is my body, meaning exactly what it says ?
Three fourths of Protestantism is based on either reinterpreting Scripture in a way it means something not clearly stated or just throwing out Scripture that didn't agree with Martin Luther's heresy.