> Unless the author wanted to demonstrate that by playing with words one can prove anything.
not to be facetious but what hes doing is what most of the popular religions do - come up with your own "interpretation" or "reading" of the text. how popular would any major religion be if it was stuck with its original BCE values, ethics and beliefs? They would be dead. They must change with the times.
Why is any "reading" of the bible more valid than the next? This guy is a pastor