When did I misquote anyone? You’re making wild accusations.
Right here of course. I'm replying to what you just put.
"Creationists usually tell us that they are literalists. They say that the right way to interpret the Bible is to read it the way you read a daily newspaper. In other words, it means what it says. The simplest interpretation is the best interpretation."
Which is why I said
what we actually say is:
Read the literal parts of the Bible; the history and the law as literal.
Read the poetry as poetry
Read the prophesy as prophesy
Read parables as parables
Read symbolism as symbolism
By omitting how we actually read the Bible (By the way the Bible is the entire 66 books) you made a misleading comment. You want others to think we read the entire Bible as a newspaper and that simply isn't true.
Psalm 90 says that a thousand years are like a day to the Lord God.
Psalm 104 recounts the creation with no mention of days and no mention of Adam or Eve.
The psalms are poetry and song, lets see how did I say to read those...
"Read poetry as poetry"
How do we read poetry?
Poetic license involves the departure of facts or even rules for language in order to create a different effect, usually dramatic, for a piece of work or speech.
Psalm 96:12
Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.
So departing from the facts, this Psalm, this piece of poetry gives us a mind picture of trees rustling in the wind. Nobody reads that and says the trees sing with actual words.
The passage that you quote from Exodus gives a condensed version of the first creation story in Genesis. It says that God rested on the seventh day. Does that mean that God is still resting today? That can’t be. Many passages in the Bible show that God is active in His creation.
That passage is the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are both historical fact and law together.
The Hebrew word used in Exodus 20 is 'nuakh' meaning to 'put in its place' and 'stopped'
If you don't understand the concept of Gods rest there are many sermons you can read or listen to on that topic.
In this passage, the creation story is used to back up the sabbath commandment, which is a commandment designed to see that everyone gets a day off from endless drudgery. God rested, so everyone should follow His example.
First correct thing you have said.
Yet this story of creation by days can be misinterpreted and misapplied. Some take it to mean that God established the sabbath at creation. If that were true, then Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would have followed a sabbath. There is no sign in Genesis that they did and scholars have concluded that they did not.
In Genesis 2 God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Exodus 20 reflects upon that
11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
I don't know who 'some are' but I never said that God gave them the law at creation. The law was given to show mankind that they were sinners in need of a savior.
Galatians 3:19-26
Romans 7:7-25
Since Adam and Eve were created sinless, they had no need of law. After the fall, from the time between the fallen Adam to Mosses God dealt with them differently.
Romans 5:13
To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.
God would hardly expect them to keep a law that He had not yet given.
I don't see that this has anything to do with the topic at hand.
This form of the creation story has a purpose but it can also be misinterpreted, and misconstrued. Literalists can always seize on a point that they like while ignoring the intent and context of the passage.
So show me how anyone can possibly "misinterpreted and misconstrue" what God said here?
11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them
What do you get out of this passage?
"ignoring the intent and context of the passage"
The intent and context of the passage was to give the Ten Commandments, part of the law. The law is historical and as such should be taken literally.
“You shall have no other gods before Me." should be taken literally
“You shall not murder." should be taken literally
“You shall not commit adultery." should be taken, literally.
God was not speaking in riddles or parables or symbolically here. He was telling them straight, not to steal, covert, make graven images etc, it isn't hard to understand.
To take an obviously literal passage and pluck out
11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them and claim this one part is not literal makes no sense. The only possible motive to take this out and claim something else for it is because someone does not want to believe it. 
