text: We (I) are not saying that we do not believe in the Bible or it's divine inspiration.  We're saying the Bible consists of stories, divinely inspired, which attempt to explain the great mysteries of life.  The writers of the creation narratives used their unscientific understanding of the world and human nature.  They told a story.  The details are unimportant, the message is everything.
  "Original sin" can be explained as humanity's innate drive for self-preservation.  Subverted or used incorrectly it can lead to pride, anger, violence, and all the serious sins.
  I believe that evil objectively exists but not necessarily in bodily form.  That is, I do not see objective evil as sporting horns and carrying a pitchfork.
  Lastly, Baptism initiates the new recruit into formal membership in the Church, the Body of Christ.  It is not a cleansing from the "myth" (story about a key truth) of Original Sin.