The whole “literal word of God” thing is tragic. If the whole creation story in the bible was: “And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.” that would be OK with me, as it could be taken as a metaphor for the big bang.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” could be taken to mean that “the word” was the laws of physics. I’m OK with that interpretation.
It’s all the other sentences that get in the way.
I’m really the most comfortable with “Turtles all the way down.”
