You don't have to believe in elves and dragons to enjoy The Hobbit; you don't have to believe in gods and devils to find useful quandries* in sermons and scriptures.
> The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet! — not Ecclesiastes 9:11
> The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet! — not Ecclesiastes 9:11
* see also Abelard, Sic et Non, ca. 1120