I tend to take all of the bible, except maybe just the very beginning in Genesis, literally.
It may be what you say is true. The story may be an analogy.
But I won't even speculate, except to say that if I was going to guess, I would stick closer to the story in literal way.
I have found that for most of the bible, there are clear answers to what it says.
Others, like the creation story, just make my head spin. I have heard so so many interpretations.
I think there was a reason God did not spend much time on it relative to the remainder of the bible.
So I am resigned that I will never truly discern the true explanation to some of the creation story, and leave it that.
It may be what you say is true. The story may be an analogy.
But I won't even speculate, except to say that if I was going to guess, I would stick closer to the story in literal way.
I have found that for most of the bible, there are clear answers to what it says.
Others, like the creation story, just make my head spin. I have heard so so many interpretations.
I think there was a reason God did not spend much time on it relative to the remainder of the bible.
So I am resigned that I will never truly discern the true explanation to some of the creation story, and leave it that.