Sure, you could argue that parts of the bible are allegorical. You could argue that the ENTIRE bible is allegorical. But there's no consistent way to decide which parts of the bible are allegorical and which are literal. This leads people to just pick and choose what parts they like and then anything they don't like becomes a metaphor.
Yes, there is that trap. But that difficulty does not excuse the error of taking everything literally or assuming that Christians must do so. Being correct may actually turn out to be difficult. And quite frankly, I think the difficulty is exaggerated. There are plenty of cues that some stories were never intended to be taken literally.
What is the Jewish take on whether the origin story in Genesis are to be taken literally? Why is it inconsistent or wrong when Christians take a similar approach?
I have not made judgments of anybody (yet) so you have no idea if my judgments of them are wrong.
Yes, you did make a judgment. You accused people who don't insist on following every element of the Bible as nitpicking what they want to believe. You repeated that judgment in the post I am now responding to.
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