I think that perhaps we all would agree that the TNIV is an abomination. 
  But Gender neutral has nothing to do with the Greek manuscripts.

Peace,
STeve

Pastor David Warner wrote:

>  Here is a post from Pastor Mail that is right on target with what we 
> have been discussing here.  It came from Warren Jones of Fairview BC in 
> Union, SC.  I think he is an SBC pastor but perhaps not.
> What is so amazing here is that the arguments being used sound an awful 
> lot like the same stance those of us who trust and love the KJV have 
> used for years.  Those who oppose this version have learned very well it 
> would appear.  I haven't posted all the post by Brother Jones but will 
> if any desire.  Most of you are probably on Pastor Mail anyway.
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> David Warner
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> Can man improve the works of God?
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> Introduction
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> Would Gen-Xers and 'Gen-Yers'[1] <mhtml:mid://00000072/#_ftn1> better 
> understand their American heritage if history books called the men who 
> gathered at the first Constitutional Convention "our founding human 
> beings" instead of "our founding fathers?"[2] <mhtml:mid://00000072/#_ftn2>
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> This question is asked in regard to the new release of yet another 
> translation of the Holy Bible. Zondervan Publishers released on February 
> 4 a translation of the full-Bible called Today's New International 
> Version (TNIV).[3] <mhtml:mid://00000072/#_ftn3>
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> By employing gender-neutral language, translators have edited the 
> Scriptures in a manner that is both inaccurate and unnecessary, says 
> Grudem, research professor of Bible and theology at Phoenix Seminary in 
> Scottsdale, Ariz., and co-author of "The TNIV and the Gender-Neutral 
> Bible Controversy" (Broadman & Holman, 2004).[4] 
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> So here we have it once again. Just as we need a new brand of cereal to 
> place on a crowded grocer’s shelf or another type of cold medicine to 
> confuse the consumer, Zondervan has determined the average young person 
> to be too dumb, or too illiterate to understand simple language. They 
> express it in different terms than I do perhaps to not offend. They state…
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> "We have wrestled for some time with the idea that we might engage more 
> people than ever before in God's Word. And as we began to look carefully 
> at that and as we began to study different people and their degrees of 
> ripeness, in a sense, for spiritual truth, it became clear through our 
> research that the most spiritually-intrigued group on the planet are 18 
> to 34 year olds."[5] <mhtml:mid://00000072/#_ftn5>
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> While they flatter the young people for their ripeness, they at the same 
> time indicate they can’t enjoy the fruit of their ripeness due to an 
> inability to comprehend what they read.
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