Whose rules?
Bishop Ussher wrote a 1,000 page book over 500 years ago. This is a very literal approach and his book is still as useful for us today as it was back in Ussher's day. His book pretty much begins at a place and a point in time around 6,000 years ago. He does not talk much about anything before that point in time. Adam and Eve were real people that we find in Ussher's History book.Quite right, too. I hope you notice that none of us have ever said that biblical literalists are not Christians.
The paper has footnotes. In addition to the over 2000 references to the Bible - Bishop Ussher's book has over 12,000 footnote references. That is what substantiates his work.Only on paper.
That would be difficult to do with Jonathan Cahn's book on the bestseller list. His book explains exactly what a paradigm is and what literalism means. Also no one seems to be able to come up with a valid objection to Bishop Ussher's book that is the very foundation of Biblical literalism. I just do not see anyone that can produce a valid argument against Collins, Cahn or Ussher.Quite right, too. I hope you notice that none of us have ever said that biblical literalists are not Christians.
The paper has footnotes.
Perhaps you want to claim that evolution is only on paper so it has no substance or validity. How many footnotes do we have in Darwin's book to substantiate it?