Another discussion board I frequent has a poster who is both a practicing astrophysicist and a Haredi Jew living in Israel.
He would accept Genesis 1-11 as metaphorical, except that he also insists using the word "Genesis" means you're talking about the horrible Christian Bible which is nothing at all like the Torah, because it's full of mistranslations by ill-meaning Greeks and completely ignores the Oral Torah, which makes it clear that duh, of course it's metaphorical.
Hmmmm, imagine what would happen if I ever talked to this guy...
Another fun fact: he supports gay marriage now. Put
that in your stereotype and smoke it.
