Catholics are not literalists when it comes to the Bible. Unlike Atheists

Yes, the only things supposed to be literally true in the Bible are Genesis (the parts oft referred to, anyways) and that line in Leviticus. And the Trinity, even though that's not even mentioned or referred to in the slightest in the Bible. Not even by the corrupter, Saul/Paul. Oh, and Sodom because there's a salt mummy woman standing in the desert somewhere...

Said no Catholic ever

That's Ken Ham, a young earth creationist who believes things like a seven day creation are literal

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Nope, I want to watch you spontaneously combust from not having that one upvote. ;)

Seven day creation isn't Biblical. The Bible says God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh.

Sounds like minor quibbling over details. The Bible does say that he made everything in a matter of days, not billions of years

The bible also says one day is like a thousand years in Gods eyes. So maybe earth was created in 6,000 years not days? Makes more sense. It's not a literal text book.

Numbers in the bible also have symbolic meaning, not literal. and besides, what does "day" mean? From the rising of the sun to its setting? Or one full turn of the earth on its axis? If it takes the first meaning, how can God have created light on the first "day" when the sun had not come into existence yet? If it takes the second meaning, it makes no sense because at that writing of Genesis people thought the earth was flat.

"The bible also says one day is like a thousand years in Gods eyes"

That is certainly one interpretation that many Christians believe

See comment to Kate.

That's fair.

He doesn't look that young.

He's from Australia, so he ages in reverse