Just making an accurate statement here.
"accurate", well, taking an accurate look into the round:
We're none of us 5 years olds here. We're adults, many with considerable life experience and wisdom.
What is accurate on a 5 year old's level of reading comprehension is a bit overgeneralized to a 50 years old one's.
So while a small child will accurately answer "Jesus" to the question "who is speaking in this quote that begins with 'I am...' ", an adult with some decades of introspection will pick up on the conundrum of "What am I".
Or, to put it another way, the 5y old child would accurately spot how Jesus claimed to be all kinds of mutually exclusive things, on that kind of reading comprehension level. He can't be a man and a plant and a road all at the same time. That is an accurate statement, too, within the bounds of such a very literal reading of the text.
If someone were to suggest to the 5y old how it is more interesting and productive to read Jesus' statements metaphorically, the child might get upset, feeling their grasp on the truth of the words questioned. Children need a measure of certainty, a baseline level of dependable circumstances. So it may be better not to get them to question the foundations of their existence by exploring things like "what am I", or the many levels of meaning which metaphor opens.
And that's why I'm glad my young one is grown up now, and also why I enjoy discussing things with other grown-ups, who are able to deal with ambiguity, metaphor, nuance, paradox etc. without being freaked out by it.
What is there to discuss, everyone has their beliefs and no one is going to buy into the others opinions.
Who was it that said, "opinions are like belly buttons, everybody has one"?
While I enjoy seeing a nice belly button as much as the next person, what really delights me is the sense of wonder I get from perspectives I have not considered before.
It's a bit like appreciating music or a movie - I can let it affect me without becoming a musician or actor myself.
We can appreciate each other's views without adopting them.