What is clearly being presented here is philosophy not Scripture. Questions about literalism should be answered from the source we, as Christians, claim to believe in...namely, the Scriptures and not our own reasoning. If a portion of Scripture is written poetically (i.e. "The 4 corners of the Earth), then OBVIOUSLY it is not meant to be taken literally. However there are things that were written in the Bible that only recently (last 1 or 2 centuries)show it to be literal (i.e. the "vault" of the earth, the dome above the sky [in a closed universe system], etc.). King David makes it clear that God values His word above His very Name: "...thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." Psalm 138:2b Do we dare do any less?