Some people attempt to distinguish between factual and religious truth in the Bible.
However, this approach is inconsistent with that taken by the Scriptures themselves. The Biblical authors repeatedly indicated, both implicitly and explicitly, that they considered all of what they were writing, and all of what their predecessors had written, to be both factually true and given by God. The Bible claims that the miracles recorded within it really happened. If we reject this Biblical claim, then we reject the integrity of the Bible. If we do not accept the miracles, then the Bible cannot be accepted as trustworthy, because it consistently attests to these miracles.