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You seem to not comprehend what ""plain meaning"" means.  If you can present a direct quote that says exactly what you say it says, that's plain meaning.  The moment you have to resort to a discussion, no matter how convincing you think it is, rather than just presenting the text, that's exegesis.

Furthermore, a fatal flaw in your argument is that it is based on the presumption the Bible is logical, a presumtpion which obviously is not valid.  "