[scripter]

The point here is that, to a Biblical literalist, the Bible cannot contain approximations.

You seem like a pretty good guy, at least most of the time. :-) But to make a statement like that is ridiculous as you have lumped what all biblical literalists must believe into a very narrow definition. I know a lot of "literalist Christians" and not one holds to your definition. Many would call me a literalist and I don't hold to that definition, especially after years of studying the ancient cultural details.

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[Physicist]

I know a lot of "literalist Christians" and not one holds to your definition.

Fair enough. But if "ten cubits" doesn't necessarily mean ten cubits, why does "six days" necessarily mean six days?