Is the Bible a Veracious?

The bible should be understood in its natural sense, which means its ordinary, historical sense. But i'm sure you realize that in many theological circles to day, the bible is not looked at that way. And whenever one comes across something that is uncomfortable, storically or factually, there is that powerful tendency to say, ah this is metaphorical. This is literary, all right. One can also avoid inerency by higher criticism. No difficulty doing that at alla.