Yes, well now, back to the original question. ( envision fingers tapping) )
Just trying to raise the level of discussion here on the RF. Catholics claim the Bible is allegory with a lot of inconsistencies. Protestants did away with that and claim the literal meaning is sufficient. The New Church claims the entire Word is significative beginning to end - Genesis to Revelation and is totally consistent; water means truth or in it’s opposite sense, falsity.