[Always Right]

Right... so where it describes one event two different ways that means it really happened twice.

Just because an event is described slightly different from one writer to another, does not mean either one is wrong or that the event happened twice. But it is hard to argue that the Bible is 100% literal when many there are many parables and a great amount of symbolism used. The Bible is 100% true, but not 100% literal.

[TalonDJ]

It can be extremely metaphoric. We have to look very hard at what we thing is not literal though and give those things that are debatable the benefit of the faith that they are literal unless something clear shows there is more to it. Almost no ones tries to take every single thing 100% literal or else we would have to both hate our father and mother and also honor them while at the same time selling all our possessions.