Theists say that the stories are literal recollections of events and that they are true.
Atheists say that the stories are literal recollections of events and that they are false (rightly so).
Enlightened human beings recognize them as metaphors pointing at a mystery beyond all categories of thought and immune to definition. The mystery of existence.
Spectrums like this one are the problem. They have nothing to do with the role that religion should play (i.e. connecting you to the community and that mystery).
Atheists and theists are both literalists and committing the same mistake. They're both a collection of poor unenlightened souls. As are fence sitting agnostics.
Tat Tvam Asi. Thou art God.
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Vi veri veniversum vivus vici. (By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe)
The self is not a fixed entity but a dynamic process of relationships
You & I, no distinction. - Tat Tvam Asi
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