Subject: Gender neutral? |
Bible Note: Hank: I learned about a decade ago that durring World War Two the VW owners in Germany, used slave workers from the prisnor of war camps to make their VW auto's. for more than fourty years, they never even considered making any attempt to find those slave laborers and give them a token payment. Other companies who used such slave labor did seek and pay for their slave labor much ealier after the war. It was not until that the world court came after VW did they make any effort to trace and make even a token payment, and then only by force did they pay anything. Now the real bite, I bought at least eight VW's before I heard about this situation. Now, because I am aware of what VW did, I feel resentment for those who allowed VW to import the cars until that made efforts to make good on their past sins. I am wondering if this story from my past, really makes my point. Once aware that meat was used as sacrifice, in pagan worship, and we are aware of it, Pauls said not to eat it. However if we don't know then we are better not to ask, but to receive the food and bless the Lord for it. I must now consider what I personally will do to respond to the knowledge I have about Zondervan. I once worked for Zondervan, before Harper-Row bought Zondervan out. Therefore, it seems an even deeper wound for me. However there are other publishers who are now using the NIV, which I consider to be a worthy, dynamic equivlant translation. If nothing else this shows us that we need to pray that other Christian publishers stand firm, and do not let worldly publishers take over. At this point Zondervan might well have closed it's doors rather than sellout to Murdock, and his group. Thanks again Hank for some worthy imput. Blessings brother. justme |