How Much of the Bible is Literal?

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080825/how-much-of-the-bible-is-literal.htm

[The Christian Post] 27 ASug 2008--Q: How much of the Bible is literal and how much of it is a myth? Take Jonah and the whale, for instance. Surely that must be a myth, because I can't imagine anyone being swallowed by a whale and then living to tell about it.

A: It might surprise you to learn that there actually have been several documented cases of people who were swallowed by whales and lived to tell about it (although the Bible simply says that Jonah was swallowed by "a great fish," not necessarily a whale).