Do they, though? Honest question. See, my people believe it's ALL literal, every word. And I think they also consider themselves moderate - certainly not fundamentalists.
Are my people just ignorant? (Another honest question.)
I have friends that think the world was created in a week. I tell them this:
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. - 2nd Peter, 3:8I do not worry about such things. For me, what I take literally is the love of the Christ. It does not give me license to do as I wish but rather offers me forgiveness if I so choose. That being the key: choose.
And of course, mean it.

It's not a "Get Out of Hades Free" card because the price was already paid by someone that was either a delusional, well meaning idiot or exactly who he said He was.

By the way, it's okay to have doubts. It's okay to have questions, even those that cannot be answered until our death. There is no sin, in sincere.
Time to head to the lab for more tests! Talk with you later, brother!