I like your signature girlinterrupted364.. "I'm not led, I lead"
Glad to have you on the forums.
And yeah, you can actually test the bread/wine after it's been blessed. It has not been physically changed into blood or bread. But really, you can't get out of the necessary link between literal jesus ressurection and redemption and the necessity for a literal garden of eden (which is even more silly than the claims of christ's acts).
I wonder what you call yourself if you find identity with christ instead of a desire to "try to be like him even though you're flawed?"
If that's not christian, then I'm whatever that is. But I'm baptized and confirmed and have relatives that are protestant ministers. I've given inductive bible studies and have led worship services in music as I played the guitar on sunday mornings... I've been in the play godspell at my church and have gone on mission trips to mexico and other places in the states. All of that and I find identity with christ.
I just happen to think that its very silly to believe in the literal stuff. Metaphorical meaning is much more powerful in my opinion.