if by convince...you mean "beat to death with selections of your favorite scripture" then you're right. i should know...i've made this mistake many many time before.
the solution, and i dare say the solution to most problems in life, is relationship. i can think of many people who did not want to say i was Christian for a long time..and it took a while to show them otherwise. but instead of trying to prove their arguements wrong, i focused on two things. Showing them where their assumptions were, and unfolding my argument in as Christian a manner as i could.
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If the Bible is in fact the literal and inerrant word of God, then they would be right
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I wouldn't even say this. Frankly, i don't think it's even possible to construct a unified "literal reading." And i know there's no unified "they."
There's no there there. So take a deep breath, a sigh of relief. It is not possible that you are in opposition to a monolith of orthodox belief that weilds the threat of the biggest gun of all creation.
You've found yourself, with others, in part of the historic contestation for what Christianity means.