If the Bible Isn't Literally True, it Must be a Lie, Right? Wrong!

31% of Americans believe that scripture should be interpreted literally; that’s more than one in four. Drop below the Mason-Dixon line and that number spikes. People often resist interpretations of the Bible that are not literal. They resist symbolic interpretations of the Bible because they think symbolism is a lie. If the meaning is symbolic, then it didn’t actually happen, which, in