Gender Accuracy Fun

Byhenry

Adrian Warnock has responded to his perceptions of the approach taken by the folks over at Better Bibles. Since this is a topic that interests me, I thought I’d call attention to it. I don’t have anything to add at the moment, as I think Peter Kirk, both in comments on Adrian’s blog, and in a posting on Better Bibles, has brought up all the points I might have noticed.

It appears that Adrian is accusing the Better Bibles folks of holding a position that I know they don’t hold. I also think Peter Kirk is asking an excellent question when he wonders what political correctness has to do with it.

My eyes are glued to my comment trackers. 🙂

PS: I would possibly be more properly accused of political correctness than any of the folks at Better Bibles. See my essay Gender Neutrality and Bible Translation.

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