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I often see references to "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and to "Alice in Wonderland", because of the great truths they contain.
IMO there is a difference between a book being true and a book containing truths.
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Although both are fictions, I don't recall hearing anybody claim that either book is false.
I don't recall anyone claiming they were actual events either.
No one that I know of denies that myths, parables, fairytales,
nursery rhymes, stories, etc. contain truths (being in agreement with reality or facts). They are the entertaining ways we teach our children values, culture, etc.
Even though all the stories in the Bible are not necessarily true, there are many truths in the stories of the Bible.
"The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which lasts forever." --Anatole France
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