“””This is entertaining, but obviously pointless. The point I am making is that the Bible is allegorical, and you counter that with scripture quoted from the Bible. Can you really not see that that is not an effective rebuttal?”””
You seem to think “allegorical” means “have no belief in holy scripture”; that the word “allegorical” gives you carte blanche to ignore the Bible. That is 100% in making-up-a-religion-to-suit-yourself territory, not just borderline as I assumed.
An atheist would use your argument ie “I have no belief in the Bible, what use is quoting th Bible to me”. I quoted you a proverb. It’s not making a statement that you can “allegorise”.
I’m a devout Christian—I also believe that the Bible is allegorical in places. I believe that God would be sorely disappointed if we didn’t use the brains that he gave us to try to figure out his method of creation.
Didn’t Jesus himself teach the crowds using parables?