"Poetic" was a bit of hyperbole on my part. I used it because of the descriptiveness of the wording. I do consider it an allegory, though.
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"Poetic" was a bit of hyperbole on my part. I used it because of the descriptiveness of the wording. I do consider it an allegory, though. I have no idea what the Roman Catholic church teaches so I have to ask... Does the Roman Catholic leaders teach Genesis as allegory, is it something you studied yourself and came to that conclusion, or something else?