Matters a great deal...God says don't go changing words in His scripture...
God didn't write the bible like you'd write a novel...He made it so you'd have to spend time in the scriptures and search for these truths...And they are there...
You remove those words and ideas, you end up thinking God's word doesn't really matter...
You take away the authority of God's word and some bonehead will convince you that science and evolution are the authority...
You are right words DO have meaning. I am not arguing that.
But let me ask you a question (after the scenario): Is time constant? According to relativity, no. What about the speed of light? According to modern physics it is.
Now, consider the following scenario: There’s three clocks perfectly in sync and one is left here on earth while the other two are aboard a spaceship traveling at .99c to a spot about 50 light-years away, the ship stops and drops off a clock and returns to Earth at .99c.
How long did the trip take?You have three clocks to use, each with three different times, supposedly. The one on earth seemed to pass very slowly as you were traveling away from it, and the clock you dropped off appeared to be moving very slowly as you sped away from it. Did the first clock appear to speed up as you approached it? Which clock shows the correct time, assuming all three are different?