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No discussion of abortion?"
That's what she said, apparently. You see, the speech presented "libertarian with a small _l_," which is a recent trend in Libertarian writing targeted to readerships outside their own. The speaker was at the "Convention of the Colorado Libertarian Party." Here's a link to the Libertarian Platform. The abortion issue is there. A close look at the religion issue in the platform is also a good idea (see "separation of church and State," "parents" and "children").
http://www.lp.org/issues/platform/preamble.html#toc
And "heresy" (posted column above)...? The NIV is heresy.
The NIV, in Deuteronomy 23:17, says, "No Israelite man or woman
is to become a shrine prostitute."
The KJV says in Deuteronomy 23:17, "There shall be no whore of
the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel."
"Sodomite" is a word that I haven't found in the NIV.
A feminist lesbian named Virginia Mollenkott helped to write the
NIV. Here's some info on Mollenkott.
The New International Version - 1978
http://www.revelationwebsite.co.uk/index1/kjv/mouth4.htm#niv
Let's read something else Ms. Mollenkott had to say.
{2}Virginia Mollenkott wrote, in a letter to Christian
Century (March 7, 1984, p. 252), "I am beginning to
wonder whether indeed Christianity is patriarchal to its
very core. If so, count me out. Some of us may be forced
to leave Christianity in order to participate in Jesus'
discipleship of equals."
I saw that on the following book page.
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http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/cbmw/rbmw/chapter26.html "Charity, Clarity, and Hope: The Controversy and the Cause of
Christ"
John Piper and Wayne Grudem
"Two New Organizations: Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Christians for Biblical Equality"
(Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
A Response to Evangelical Feminism
Wayne Grudem and John Piper)
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And that's the older NIV, by the way--not the new "gender
inclusive" version.
Evangelical feminists have some new bible verses to use as
weapons against the family. Take the verse, "I commend to you
our sister Phoebe, a servant[ 16:1 Or deaconess] of the church
in Cenchrea" (Romans 16:1, NIV or New International Version).
So "Phoebe" was given unprecented authority, according to
the NIV revisionists. Here's some info from study on that
issue. And remember that one prevalent feminist tactic is to
make statements with little or no existing documentation to
either prove or disprove them.
Now look at the verse in the KJV (King James Version). "I
commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the
church which is at Cenchrea:" (Romans 16:1, KJV).
...some more in-depth study of "Phoebe."
The Biblical Vision Regarding Women's Ordination
By the Rev'd Dr Rodney A. Whitacre
http://www.episcopalian.org/cclec/paper-whitacre.htm
...and for information on the word, "diakonos,"
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=1249&version=kjv