Ask those who say the Bible is to be taken literally where in the Bible it says that.
Actually, ask them where in the Bible it gives any instructions on how the Bible is to be read.
No, actually, ask them where in the Bible the Bible mentions the Bible in any form.
None of those questions can be answered, of course, because the texts that comprise the Bible were written long before a very carefully "curated" selection of texts were assembled into the Bible.
Ask those who say the Bible is to be taken literally where in the Bible it says that.
Actually, ask them where in the Bible it gives any instructions on how the Bible is to be read.
No, actually, ask them where in the Bible the Bible mentions the Bible in any form.
None of those questions can be answered, of course, because the texts that comprise the Bible were written long before a very carefully "curated" selection of texts were assembled into the Bible.