We're finally getting close to the admission that nothing in the bible means what it says, and that it is just a bunch of stories made up by superstitious bloodthirsty old men.
Those are YOUR words and what you want to see. There is no such admission, from me, of what you want to construe about the Bible. My statement, Regarding the Bible is that it is and remains the Word of God to humankind. It can be read and understood from an intellectual standpoint or appreciated for the poetry and historical significance but as for Spiritual Meaning that will only and can only come to those whom the Lord God reveals it to by His Holy Spirit. So while there are some things that can be understood in the Bible there are many others that God teaches to those who are His.