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Originally Posted by Splendour
That's your explanation but anybody that identified a metaphor or symbolic language while reading a great work of literature would probably say they don't know where it came from.
....what? This isn't even remotely true. Prior to being a poker player I was an English teacher, and prior to being an English teacher, I was an English Literature major at a Christian college. Finding, enjoying, and discussing metaphor, symbolic language, and great works of literature was a massive chunk of my life for about ten years; on top of that, it was also the dominating force in the lives of my friends and colleagues, on top of
that, all of us were conservative Christians, including our professors.
I don't think I ever heard, even one time, anyone suggest they "didn't know where it (the inspiration for the metaphor or symbolic language) came from."
To be honest, your post is so far from correct I'm considering posting it on facebook so all the literary folk I know - primarily conservative Christians, mind you - can get a good laugh.