And that the reason for this danger is two-fold: first, the Bible is a collection of books that belong to different genres, and thus sometimes ask to be understood figuratively, rather than literally (which isn’t to say their figurative meanings are ‘less true’ than their literal meanings); and, second, our understanding of the facts that denote or characterize reality, and that we come to know through reason and experience, is conditional (that is, is always in flux, and is changing). So that our ever-expanding knowledge of reality must inform our understanding of Scripture.