Ive never heard the virgin birth or resurrection and ascension as being considered merely parables.
What you've "heard of" isn't an argument for or against anything.
They might have happened, or might not, no one alive knows.
But even if they *were* parables, they communicate concepts that, if accepted, can change a person's behavior in what society at large would consider a positive way.
Which could be, but does not *have* to be, the way the Bible can be interpreted.
What exactly does a creation story and a God that created the universe and all that goes with it convey to us as a parable?
