Jordan Peterson argues that literalist interpretations of religious texts are problematic because they ignore the complexity and depth inherent in the texts.

“we can't let the literalists get away with the notion that their understanding of a sentence is right that just isn't how a text works it's way more complicated than that and that's a big problem”

Mustafa Akyol opposes a literalist interpretation of religious texts because it ignores the complexities of how language works and allows for an dangerous imposition of ideology.

“we can't let the literalists get away with the notion that their understanding of a sentence is right that just isn't how a text works it's way more complicated than that and that's a big problem”