However, you've illustrated the point I was trying to make. You can't just take those passages at literal, face-value. They need to be interpreted within a specific context, sometimes with extra-Biblical evidence.
I don't see how you would need any other extra-biblical evidence to understand Job 38:8. As long as you have read before that verse, God is just helping Job and possibly those who read it (us) better understand his power. He shut the water in with land, like a door. The original word for the english translation "door" could have meant many meanings in the hebrew language (wall, block, gate, etc.)
Is it not possible that God was telling whoever wrote Genesis 1 a story of creation for their own understanding? In other words, why do you not apply the same rules for interpreting Job 38:8 to Genesis 1?
Because it was not made for the authors understanding. God told Moses to write Genesis so His people could understand creation, God's awesome power and the first geneology family lines. Again, God prefaced the 6, 24 hours days with day and night. Which makes them 6, 24 hour solar days.
Also, does this mean animals are capable of sin?
The bible clearly tells us that all creation groans due to sin. Romans 8:21 states "creation [is in] bondage to decay". Meaning all creation by God is affected by sin.
You ignored what I said. IF there was no death, but there was procreation, the earth would fill up with animals. Awhile ago I did the math based on the current reproductive rate of bunnies, and I think I figured that if No bunny died, but they continued to procreate, there would be 1 bunny per square foot of the earth in 16 (I think it was 16, I should do the math again for fun) years. And that is Only bunnies.
A literal reading of the bible says the earth is flat. Why do you ignore the bible?
Why do you choose to ignore the bible and choose science when it comes to the shape of the earth, but not creation?
Death didn't enter the world until about 100 years after Adam was created. Life was new, God controlled everything, everything was happy and multiplied happily. In fact, multiplication of humans and animals was probably more rapid then it is now because pregnancy or giving birth did not hurt. However, life started in one place on the earth. And as everything multiplied, over 100 years or so, we were able to cover the earth with life in all types. And because there was no sin, there would have been no worries of overly populated insects.
As for the Bible stating that the earth is flat. Nowhere have I read that it says the earth is flat. I do know of areas in the bible where it states "the four corners of the earth" which is simply north, south, east and west. There are verses describing the "ends of the earth" of which the LOCAL land does in fact end at the sea shore AND there actually are plate edges or "ends" in the LOCAL land that collide. But in various verses, the Bible says the earth is round and that it is suspended in space. Read Isaiah 40:22 and Job 26:7.