zodiac7 Dec 2005

Religiously and metaphorically, yes. But, from a literary standpoint, a metaphor needs to work in the literal sense before you can worry about making it work in the metaphorical sense. Consider comparisons like

"He was intolerably stupid, Alex Trebek with a better moustache",
or
"his hands so tenderly caressing the piano keys were miniature David Beckhams sprinting across the cricket pitch".

Sure, the guy's stupid, and sure someone playing well is like David Beckham, but the metaphors fall apart, because Alex Trebek isn't stupid and has a great moustache, or because David Beckham is a good soccer player, not a good cricketer.

I'm not disputing your actual meaning, which is a good one. But if you have to get a Christian message across by changing the literal events in the Bible -well, that can't happen, can it?

Cheers
-zodiac