Literal view or mythical view – which drives your participation, if you participate, in the belief system/religion of your [sub]culture?
In a sect/denomination of the Christian religion – Presbyterianism – the views are mixed, some “pure” and some reinterpreted for changing times.
Here’s one group’s take on purity: Change-in-Book-of-Order_Covenant-Pres_2011-10-14.
Here’s one group’s take on finding literal interpretation – leaning on the research of Dr. Bryant Wood, Director of Research with the Associates of Biblical Research, Akron, PA, who spoke on the subjects of the “Great Discoveries of the New Testament” and “Digging up the Truth at Jericho”: Rogersville-Presbyterian-Church-bulletin_2011-10-16.
Every subculture modifies/makes rules to serve its members.
Same for programming a supercomputer connected to a network of billions of sets of states of energy like us.
Time to adjust some parameters.
Talk to you again soon.