I have to confess that I'm having a hard time seeing how providing references to quotes from the scripture and leaders of the christian church is not appropriate for the Christian forum.
The guidelines explain

3) No quotes that are deemed offensive, regardless of where they come from ? be it the Bible, Koran, Torah or religious leaders.
Everyone should remember this; not everything that is thought should be said, not everything that is said should be written down, and not everything that is written down should be published.
So, to the topic of this thread... I take the Bible literally. I don't see why God would have chosen to have His word recorded in a way that would be open to individual interpretation. I think He would want us to all be able to understand what He said, not just in the days that the Bible was written but forever. So I just read it myself and have faith that God has presented it to me in such a way that even I am able to understand it. If it was mainly allegorical than I don't think I'd be very good at interpreting it, lol.

That's my take on it anyway.