"(...)engaging with a language structure that does not have to be literal to be profoundly true, a point already accepted by most believers in most arenas outside of the scientific..."

What? lol, scientist in some degree apply this too.

Newton invented a force that he couldnt see, or touch but "feel" and create all his "world" around it. Years after his dead with Einstein we learned that it's not a force but a consequence of the bind of space-time, but the force itself dosnt exist.

But for Newton until his dead Gravity was like god.

So, to some degree scientist apply this too.