Please cite the examples of these learned Christians, that have acknowledged that the events contained in the Bible are fictional.
The are a number on the CF that in the past have revealed their disbelief in Bible stories. CF regulars that have followed evolution/ intel. design discussions would recall such.
Something else that sends the zealots off the deep end, are the NT letters of Paul & Peter deemed forgeries in the opinion of scholars.
-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.