Whats Important?

I've been having fun lately. I have been expressing my opinions lately. I have been loud and clear...for a normally quiet person...very loud. I got an email from a man named John Shelby Spong. He is a leader in a large denomination of church folk, and carries the title of bishop. He got a letter from someone who stated that looking at the christmas story in the bible was no longer possible given their intellect. That as a "progressive christian" they could not reconcile what was in the bible with their intellect when it comes to the christmas story.
Bishop Spong responded with the answer that the bible cant be taken literally. That virgin births do not happen. That stars dont move across the sky slowly. That wise men do not follow stars to a manger. That angels do not appear to lowly shepherds to announce good tidings. That pregnant women do not ride on donkeys, and that there was no census by the romans. That God's son would be born in a manger is not to be taken literal. That no leader would have children two years and under killed to remove competition. He goes on to ridicule the story to such an extent that he questions the intellect and sanity of anyone who would believe such nonsense.
I guess im crazy, and dumb, because I believe God can make a star move slowly across the night sky to guide wise men to a manger where a virgin birth occurs. I believe angels can appear to shepherds to announce this occurrence. I believe the whole story. I believe in the integrity of the bible, and that God can do anything to achieve His purpose. I also believe people abandon the truth for a lie.
It saddens me because the power of the gospel is lost in this. Jesus said some amazing things would happen if we believe. If our bishops are reducing the gospel to a "cute story" that is only metaphor and illusion, written by mere men to try to get a positive attitude from the reader then I am in trouble. You see the good bishop goes on to say that people dont get raised from the dead. That demons dont exist, only mental illness. That sick people dont get healed, and captives are just disorders in a person that should be treated with medicine. Not only does he deny the truth of the gospel, but he denies the power of it also.
The bible says that people will think themselves to be wise and in doing so will become fools. It also says "the way of a fool seems right to him." I cannot deviate from God's word...in any fashion. I have already gone my "way" and it did not go well for me. I do not claim to understand all of the bible, but I choose to believe it, all of it; and not try to rationalize it away so that I can claim to be a man with the answer. In doing so, according to the good bishop, that makes me naive, and of no use to "the church".