It's not literal.
The waters, where the prostitute sits, stands for people, multitudes, nations, and languages.
His voice is like rushing waters.
The planet was not literally flooded with literal water in 40 literal days. Sorry you hate Truth.
It's not literal, and no science has not proven me wrong. Some believe what they want to hear.
No they weren't. Covered in pitch = covered in darkness.
There's a reason Jesus taught in parables and asked if they did not understand his parable how they would understand any of the parables. People don't seek the Truth in the bible because they view the bible as being authority on Truth, rather than looking for the Truth in it.
The planet was not literally flooded with literal water in 40 literal days. Just like the tower of babel is not a literal tower but a hierarchy.