My mother is a physical, natural object, as you and I, and i can hug her and kiss her and protect her from people who want to do her harm. The Holy spirit is no such thing, it is a supernatural thing, you can't share it, measure it or poke it, much less hug it, it is a feeling, an emotion, it is abstract, it is subjective. If you cannot make the difference between an abstract spirit and a physical body you have some serious mental problems. the born again you refer to is a metaphor. it doesn't mean you actually go through a womb. why do i need to point this out? don't you understand the difference between objective and subjective? metaphors and reality?
scripture is open to interpretation, it is undeniable. if scripture was not open to private interpretation, everybody who reads it would agree about at least the most important points. That there is more than 40 000 different denomination of christians clearly proves that scripture is open to interpretation, how else do you explain the diversity of interpretations? just check the various answers on this thread... if the bible was not open to interpretation, then people would not offer all those interpretations, that's obvious. and if the Holy spirit translates, as you say, then why does it translate different things to different people? it sounds uncannily like private interpretation to me...
Have you ever considered the option that the Holy spirit you refer to is a figment of your imagination?
if not, then does it means you have never verified it wasn't? and if you haven't verified, then how can be sure?
and you are wrong, this conversation is making more and more sense to me, the longer it goes the more it reinforces the disturbing thought that compelled me to start this thread, that there is a lot of made up stuff masquerading as "knowledge" in christianity... that is becoming increasingly obvious to me; i haven't yet thought too much about the implications but it is disturbing...