When we read the bible, we have to understand that the bible is full of idioms, euphemisms, allegories andparallelism. Read the bible for yourself.

Don't just go with what the church says. For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church was the only church and they were wrong about a lot of things. Not saying that Protestantism is any better. People make their own interpretations and you have to decide for yourself what you should believe.