I believe the Bible is God's Word

[Mister Agenda]

I mean, that's not what it was at all, but I don't like the Bible either.

Yeah, it was not written by Bronze Age goat herders or compiled in the Dark Ages.

I've found that a lot of atheists don't use terms like this literally. They are comfortable, in their own language, speaking in metaphor or allegory.

It's okay to do that as long as you don't insist that it's NOT metaphor or allegory.