Thoughts on the Bible

I have said before that I think the bible has error in it. This has been brought up as a major issue with my faith. I would like to clarify what exactly I mean when I say that the bible has errors in it. I feel that in it most pure form that the bible is the word of God. But I do not think that that form has been passed down into this world. I feel that the word of God would shatter this world like a light bulb dropped from a twenty story building. I feel that the words that were written down so long ago are more of a metaphor than just the words of God. I have never found words to be enough for describing the smallest part of this world. It is not that I don’t thing God could not put his words into this world it is more that I don’t see much sense in him doing that. I look at a tree, a stream, a mountain. I look at this world and the universe as a whole and I see a word of God. Not a story or even a sentence, I see a single word uttered from the mouth of the creator. Every sun set, every perfect nuance of this world that we have yet to comprehend. All of it a single word. So why would God want to limit himself to languages that change and shift?
People have told me that my vision of God is too small because I do not think that God has kept the bible pure. I don’t think that is it. I think the bible is in error and it can not be fixed but I do not think that the words of the bible are as important as the bible itself. I have faith that God has kept the metaphors as he wants them. The details might have changed but what God wants us to get out of it is still there, we just need to find it.
This idea gives me so much hope and straightens my faith. To me metaphor is the perfect form for the Bible to be in. God seems to have set it up so that what needs to be there never changes, while at the same time everybody can find what they need, it might not be what they want but undoubtedly it is what they need.
So I read the bible not looking for words but looking for the metaphors that may be implemented into life. In the end I pray that metaphors will be washed away and we can all see truth in its pure form.