tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post3329260062420756908..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: NIV 2011, SBC and brothers and sistersSuzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-44712229979784394642014-09-23T08:14:12.754-07:002014-09-23T08:14:12.754-07:00Can you provide some references to illustrate how ...Can you provide some references to illustrate how adelphoi "was commonly used in Greek to refer to the brothers and sisters in a family"? I'm inclined to take the term as gender inclusive when used by Paul to address his readers, but I find it difficult to show unambiguous evidence that the term was used and understood this way.Andrew T. Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148752738820075133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-21252191767186686432011-06-25T03:57:04.359-07:002011-06-25T03:57:04.359-07:00Basically because for political reasons you have a...Basically because for political reasons you have an extremely well financed group of people whose job it is to keep social issues on the front burner. I don't know how this plays out in Canada but in America.... at least until the 2008 recession America had a very tricky problem. <br /><br />In 1963 America had two parties:<br />A socially conservative / economically liberal party, the Democrats<br />A socially moderate / economically moderate party, the Republicans<br /><br />And that was because up until the 2008 recession:<br />About 1/4 of the population is economically liberal and socially conservative<br /><br />As a result of the 1964 civil rights act the Democrats peeled off some of their economically liberal / socially conservative base. So the ended up focusing on working for the votes of "liberals" the economic liberals social liberals that had been swing voters. That threw American politics into flux. Evangelical protestantism got politically unified as it was opposed to explicit social liberalism, regardless of where it stood on economics. <br /><br />To have meaningful defense of the family would involve:<br />a) And end to wage suppression so that families could do better with women could staying at home.<br />b) Enforcement of labor laws leading to a decrease in worker availability and hours so that families could spend time together. <br />c) High subsidies for children. <br /><br />The business class doesn't want that. So they want to avoid they harp on social issues that don't have economic impact. Like gays, abortion or the role of women in the church.CD-Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304535091189153224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-88081691613992451162011-06-24T22:49:54.028-07:002011-06-24T22:49:54.028-07:00I seem to have lost my recent comments but am work...I seem to have lost my recent comments but am working on it.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.com