Bruce:
Thanks for your thoughts, an honor to have a fairly exhaustive answer to my question.
I am behind a couple days, and on first glance at your exegesis, even a little more confused than I was with the text. But your explanation is interesting to say the least, and I do appreciate it.
In the meantime, Furmn has a new President; looks to be a grand fellow.
He named a lot of my friends in his acceptance speech, including LD Johnson.
there for a moment I thought he was gonna mention my outstanding career in intramurals in the early 70's
http://www2.furman.edu/about/about/newp ... marks.aspxHe is an Episcopalian with a blended family, outstanding career to date, and a friend of religious Liberty and the First Amendment.