By the way, I think it’s this kind of biblical examination and exegesis that could very well disorient some evangelicals in a way that could open them up to more progressive lines of thought in relation to the interpretation of scripture. When one points out things like the relationships I’ve noted above, many evangelicals, I believe, are likely to say, “Really?! I never knew that! My evangelical teachers/pastors never told me that!” And besides that, such thoroughgoing analysis of scripture is proof positive that we progressives can take the deep study of the Bible as seriously as they do, if not more so; since they only spout the traditional interpretations, coming up with nothing new (apart, of course, from May 21 end-of-the-world datings and such), but simply telling us – like the Catholic Church, even when it changes its teachings radically – “this is what the Church has taught at all times and in all places”, even when it’s not.