True but according to Jesus and others that is the WAY, certainly not something I can claim I excel at, but I have faith it is the right thing to do.  Though I must admit I have been failing recently.  Hopefully your path finds you in better stead.

I guess I have always steered more towards the non-literal side as I fear distortion from humans with motives (ex. not all Gospels were included).  Many non-Christians, such as Kabir and Ramakrishna have come closer to God realization than 99.9% of Christians; but they would not believe it was through faith in Jesus.  So if they were just like Jesus how could they be excluded?  

Of course I also believe God is in everything and not a man overseeing us.  I also worry when peoples faith comes from fear; whether that be fear of God's vengeance, non-believers, Hell or whatever.  In my heart I believe too many conservative believers tend towards this spectrum and it pulls them further from their true hearts and God etc.  A Sufi saying