We’ll, that explains a lot of your posts. If you don’t take the bible literally do you believe Jesus really lived, was crucified, and rose again for our sins?
What the Catholic Church means by the “literal sense” of Scripture and what fundamentalists mean by the term are not the same. When the Church speaks of the literal sense of Scripture, She is referring to getting at the actual meaning the author intended to convey. That is not the same as interpreting every phrase literally.