Top Literal Quotes

Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for belief. There exists no guide for such cherry-picking, and zero religi...

The literal sense of the author was "creation is the orderly act of a loving Creator God." What the modern reader often hears, however, is "The universe was made in six 24-hour days." This is as wrong...

Literal Definition

(a.) According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

(a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.

(a.) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.

(a.) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.

(n.) Literal meaning.