Two questions.
1) Where in the Bible does it ever assert that the sun revolves around the earth?
2) If, as YOU say, the Bible is not to be taken literally, then why should Jesus's vague comment to Peter about "a rock" lead to the multi-trillion dollar Roman Catholic Empire with it's resultant Inquisitions where people were tortured and murdered for refusing to bow to Roman Catholicism's demand for subservience?
because the church claims to be the only official church of Christ. but, Christ never said this. He gave two commandments, thats it. The preponderance of what He said about organized religion, the Pharisees and Saducees, was to condemn them.
the church, and others like them who claim to be the Way, when Jesus said "I am the Way", contradict this statement, the cornerstone of Christian belief.
to maintain power and control, a church or govt. must franchise SOMETHING, either salvation of soul or rights of man. without something to represent as a value to the subjects, they are robbed of relevance and power.
It follows that if that is the mechanism for lengthening the day that the sun roatates around the earth.
It was actually included as part of Scopes cross of Wm Jennings Bryan.
Evolution and faith are not incompatible.