[metmom]

In his message, the Pope said clearer explanations about the Catholic position on the divine inspiration and truth of the Bible were important because some people seem to treat the Scriptures simply as literature, while others believe that each line was dictated by the Holy Spirit and is literally true.

Each verse in the Bible is literally true, the entire Bible is true, every verse of it, but that does not mean that it has to be READ and INTERPRETED literally.

That argument, that the Bible has to be read either/or, is simply disingenuous debating technique, attempting to discredit Bible interpretation.

[Elsie]

Good explanation.

I think where problems come in is when a verse has been (and can be) taken EITHER way!