You may be reading the Bible wrong. Pete Enns says the Bible itself shows a better way

[Bretton Garcia]

32. Most atheists don't want any kind of theology

Even a very, very liberal one that hovers on the edge of, looks like it is headed toward becoming, being, atheistic, or humanist.

However, for those who still want to keep one foot in religious waters, or be transitional figures, corridors, pathways, compromises, between religion and atheism? Peter Enns and his non literal translations could be useful. Especially say, his concept of the Bible's "incarnational" character. His reading suggesting that a close reading of the Bible may show that it even deliberately but subtly reveals its perhaps very human - and almost openly flawed - side.

Many atheists to be sure, were raised with not literal, but this kind of more critical liberal, metaphorical Christianity. And at some point though, they got tired of even the most liberal churches. For various reasons.

One reason being their still-lingering ties to obviously destructive, fundamentalist, evangelical literalists.

If you, Guil, want sit with one foot in and one foot out, that is your right. And that position can be useful in helping many believers to see how to step out of the swamp. At the same time, our more uncompromising atheism, in this blog, is obviously, often, impatient with such a compromised position.

Though I would add? It is useful even for atheists to have at least one defending believer on the blog; raising objections to atheism, defences to religion, that atheists may still need to learn to recognize, and counter.