LEVELS OF BIBLE UNDERSTANDING & READING

Nearly everyone will agree that the BIBLE, which is a collection of various writings now largely considered by most as being ONE BOOK,can be read on a completely LITERAL LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING, that is, word for word, in whatever language can read and understand,etc. along with this level there is also the assumption and consideration that the LITERAL LEVEL OR FUNDAMENTAL WORDING OF THE BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD. This has led to various persons and groups, sects, cults, and religions to take extreme positions and stances in this regard, demanding usually, that no deviation from the written text be allowed and that such is not open to alternative interpretations or understandings,etc. Thus, a rigid conception of BIBLICAL SCRIPTURE has been followed by many and so their understanding is also limited.