I know full well from having been in law enforcement what you say is true. That's why LEOs don't put much stock in eyewitness testimony. I think that if folks would forget about what they've heard Granny say all these years or what the Reverend Billy Bob Blowhard says on TBN and just READ what the Bible says they've have less arguments. I take the scriptures literally where they are obvious literal and when they are not, I compare them to other scriptures throughout the Bible that speak on the same subject. Do have it all down pat? Nope. I still can't get my mind wrapped around some of it (like Revelation, for example), but I'm amazed at how some people are so caught up in what this Christian author says or what that YouTube video says that they lose sight of what the Bible actually says.
For example, many feel that keeping the Sabbath precludes going to church on Sunday. The Bible doesn't say that and neither do most Sabbath keepers.
Oh well. Folks that think they can chase me away or beat me down with insults don't realize that having been a Marine and a Correctional Officer, I've got thick skin (thinker in some places than I'd prefer) and can take it from the best of 'em.