&gt; <i>Yes, they are. Particularly by other Christians.</i><p>You&#x27;re making my point for me.  Yes, some Christians accuse biblical literalists of misinterpreting the Bible.  But Christian groups frequently assert that other Christian groups are wrong for many, many reasons.  There&#x27;s generally little compelling reason to take any of them as &quot;more correct&quot;, though.  It&#x27;s just one group arguing that their religion is more correct than someone else&#x27;s religion.  It&#x27;s not one group interpreting correctly and the other group misinterpreting.  It&#x27;s just two (or more) groups that disagree, and they typically have no sound reason to assert their beliefs over others&#x27;.<p>&gt; <i>No, its quite easy: outside of the context of religion...</i><p>Sure, it&#x27;s easy when you can provide a reason that the literal interpretation is wrong.  It&#x27;s not easy when the reason is just that you don&#x27;t like the literal interpretation (or it&#x27;s easy but not valid).