Sophistry. There are no limits on the Author of all things. That you do not see the literal meaning in the words does not mean it is not there. We don’t like the meaning we sense in the words, a sense breathed into our dust by the Author, so in defense of ourselves we start lawyering up and throwing around words like “literally”. God said what he meant. HE is TRUTH. The words cannot be other than literal.
No, it is just the opposite of sophistry and "lawyering up." If you do not recognize different forms of language in what is literally the word of God and TRUTH then you can easily engage in sophistry and "lawyering up."
Nope. Sorry. Your sophmoric attempt failed to account for the part where I said “...the meaning we sense in the words.” God made you and he made the words. The fit is synergistic. We cannot be deaf to Gods words but we can try to clap our hands over our ears or lawyer up etc.