It depends a lot on the denomination or sect. Some are really liberal whereas some are highly conservative. They all pick and choose which parts of the Bible they take seriously and which parts they turn a blind eye to. Also, some parts of the Bible were not even meant to be taken literally. Some of the literal stuff will be taken figuratively anyhow and vice versa. When you have a large religious text that is inconsistent to begin with used by two billion nominal subscribers most of whom are less than perfectly intellectually honest, you'll get a huge array of different kinds of belief systems.
It depends a lot on the denomination or sect. Some are really liberal whereas some are highly conservative. They all pick and choose which parts of the Bible they take seriously and which parts they turn a blind eye to. Also, some parts of the Bible were not even meant to be taken literally. Some of the literal stuff will be taken figuratively anyhow and vice versa. When you have a large religious text that is inconsistent to begin with used by two billion nominal subscribers most of whom are less than perfectly intellectually honest, you'll get a huge array of different kinds of belief systems.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it's quite detailed.