Hi Al,
Long time no comment-to. 
No, your comments are right on. One, I believe God talks to me and to all of us, even non-believers. For those of them who ever searched for meaning, something in their soul must have been telling them that there is something more to life than what they’re currently experiencing. Probably was God, right? And we’re in good company as well - when Abraham Lincoln was asked why he signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he responded, “because God told me to”.
I agree with you also that, in one sense anyway, this present discussion has gone on pretty long. But in another sense, it’s really talking about how we think the bible should be viewed. I’ve come to feel strongly against any kind of strong biblical inerrancy, because, for one, the term and concept IMO is not biblical, and two, it directs skeptics directly to Genesis 1-11 to look for, “errors”, putting the text under a burden it was never meant to bear. So there are greater forces at play here rather than just trying to win an online argument. Hope that helps.