No matter the reason, the lost Son left because he wanted to live for himself, he rebelled against God, etc. That's all of us. We all know (those who are familiar with this FB pastor), his intent has much to do with standards, and that's what he read into this story. That's taking liberty, that he should at least offer that he's speculating. The most harmful thing was not his speculation of why the son left, but why the son came back.
Post-modernism is alive and well in Biblical interpretation
With all due respect Socialite, it appears that you may be far more guilty of reading into his text than he is of the scriptural text.
Whenever somebody is far out of bounds in regards to interpretation, I'll not defend it. However, based on what I read here, you may be extrapolating more than he is.
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