"From: Lighter - PM
Date: 17 Feb 14 - 01:15 PM

They're certainly *presented* as historical narratives and often understood as such.

In other words, they may be interpreted as expressive or symbolic poetry, but their factuality was once taken for granted by all educated people."

Not in my United Church of Canada Sunday school 50 years ago. I hope that mean I do not have to report my parents to Dr. Dawkins thought police as child abusers? :-)

The "literalist" interpretation of Genesis is fairly recent and is still a "fringe" belief. Though I am concerned that the fringe is growing rapidly.