Made a typo in that sentence. What I mean to say is...if you interpret symbolic spiritual writings literally...instead of as allegorical tales, metaphors, and that sort of thing...then you will end up doing what the following people do:

1. religious fundamentalists
2. atheistic literalists
3. scientific reductionists

Which is...you will do what a pig would do if asked to evalute the Mona Lisa. You will display no useful comprehension of the matter whatsoever.