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Most assuredly, any piece of writing can be interpreted in more than one way.
Even in legal writings where the author strives to eliminate any and all ambiguities, another lawyer will try to pick apart the brief and interpret it in another way.
Religious tomes are rife with ambiguities and are fodder for the religious zealot who uses religious passages out of context to sway the unwashed. Turn on the television on any Sunday morning and listen to TV evangalists enveigling their viewers to follow their particular interpretation of the good book and they'll be saved. (Oh! And by the way, send in a prayer donation to get bumped to the head of the line.)
Even more disquieting are the Muslim extremists who misinterpret the Quran to recruit the gullible in order to forward their perception of jihad against all non Muslims.
This of course, is akin to having a rabid dog in your midst, and continuing to extend the hand of friendship; only to repeatedly have it angrily snapped at.
So the short answer is yes; religious works are open to misinterpretation.
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