MD: I'm sure it's the handicap of my up-bringing, but I sure never heard THAT one before.
I don't feel like playing softball so I'll let that one go.
MD: Are there any other instances in Scripture where Scripture and being "born of water" are in that kind of metaphorical relationship?
Yes.
Eph.5:26 that he might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word
IPet.1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
One of the reasons we fail to communicate is that when I read "word", usually my first (not my only thought, just my first) thought is "Jesus", while I think you guys think "Bible" first.
I suddenly got booked, but I'll muse upon these texts.