I really ponder how anyone over age 21 can interpret it any other way. There are no supernatural books or stories. All kinds of people claim they hear the voice of god, it’s the popularity of these specific stories that defines them as religions.
Science shows religion stories fit the pattern of schizophrenia: https://www.wnyc.org/story/dr-joseph-campbell-inward-journey-schizophrenia-and-mythology/
I really ponder how anyone over age 21 can interpret it any other way.
Indoctrination from an early age explains it.
Santa and Easter Bunny we indoctrinate people into at a young age and we don’t have trouble explaining that they are fiction… still are useful stories.
Community. They do it for other reasons than the stories. They will defend the stories and say they aren’t literal because you are on the outside. And once you are on the outside it’s usually where you stay.
