Monday, 21 November 2011
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News: the Week in Review
By The Closet Calvinist
Again, not really sure what to title this. But, these are some things I came across in the last couple weeks that I thought were worth sharing.
Ten Reasons Why the New NIV is bad for women - Is gender inclusivity a bad thing? Chrome doesn’t think it is a word, so it must be! Anyway, Girls Gone Wise had a good take on the issue.
Robert Jeffress on Bill Maher – The pastor who made the controversial statement that Mormonism is a cult appeared on Bill Maher’s show. Maher isn’t usually too fond of theists, Christians in particular, so it is surprising that he even got a chance to speak. Jeffress was able to express that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone much to Maher’s chagrin.
Where Child Sacrifice is a Business – Child sacrifice in pagan witch doctor practice got some exposure recently. It seems that some believe sacrificing a child can improve the economy, bring blessings upon a business, or even restore health. Despite this being in Africa, it doesn’t seem much different than the Western culture.
How I wish the Homosexuality Debate Would Go – Trevin Wax did an amazing job with this short post. If people would approach the homosexuality debate like this we would gain some ground and considerable understanding.
Planned Parenthood is Racist– Herman Cain spoke out against Planned Parenthood, saying he would defund them. He said that they are a racist organization that preys on black people, and he traced this back to their founder, Margaret Sanger. Many of us have believed this for a long time, but it is so rare to see a politician saying it.
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* The correct thing to do is to render the translation as close in actual and nuance to the original, or rather, the earliest text we have available, as possible. It is very tempting to make an original say what we want it to say, but that turns the text into propaganda, not information. Where the text is gender neutral, such as "Man" or where it is not as in "man" or "woman", then it must be rendered as is.
* What is a cult or not amongst large and popular religious groups, is subjective,
* I may have missed something, but I fail to see the connection between a barbaric residual of such horror and western culture, allowing that we have our own horrors to contend with. The mistreatment of the helpless for religious ends by high-level Africans is not akin to the mistreatment of the helpless for economic reasons by cynical high-level Europeans /Americans.
* No link for the article you mention on homosexuality. Your support of it makes it something worht reading.
* I have tried reading more on the possible survival of rascist eugenics in Planned Parenthood, but failed to do so.
I wrote this 5 years ago...obviously, it bears repeating.
What is and Isn't a Cult
@Lovegrove@xanga - It seems that Revelife's system didn't copy some of the links, or the video from the post.
How I wish the homosexuality debate would go - http://trevinwax.com/2011/10/18/how-i-wish-the-homosexuality-debate-would-go/
The Robert Jeffress on Bill Maher video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2pM3dXPtL50
And, the original post on my site (though other than the broken links/video, it is the same as here)