[Mr Rogers]

The SBC did not support abortion. They were caught by surprise by Roe v Wade, and took a few years to get 45,000 congregations to build a consensus on how to respond. The SBC has been very strong in the anti-abortion fight, and members of the SBC have an outstanding track record of backing their words with their votes. In 2008, a whopping 1% of SBC pastors voted for Obama - find another denomination with a better vote tally!

And no, the KJV is not a great translation. King James gave specific instructions requiring a high church translation. Why? Because if congregations were free to choose their leaders, then why shouldn’t people be free to choose their political leaders - hence his comment, “No Bishop, No King!”

When someone deliberately mistranslates the word of God to promote their politics, it is evil. The Tyndale translation 80 years earlier was more faithful, and actually holds up well today.

[af_vet_1981]

The SBC did not support abortion

That is odd.

1. Former Southern Baptist Convention President W.A. Criswell (1969-1970) welcomed Roe v. Wade, saying that “"I have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person," the redoubtable fundamentalist declared, "and it has always, therefore, seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed." This was a common attitude among evangelicals at the time. [36][37] Criswell would later reverse himself on his earlier position.
2. Resolution On Abortion, adopted at the SBC convention, June 1971: WHEREAS, Christians in the American society today are faced with difficult decisions about abortion; and WHEREAS, Some advocate that there be no abortion legislation, thus making the decision a purely private matter between a woman and her doctor; and WHEREAS, Others advocate no legal abortion, or would permit abortion only if the life of the mother is threatened; Therefore, be it RESOLVED, that this Convention express the belief that society has a responsibility to affirm through the laws of the state a high view of the sanctity of human life, including fetal life, in order to protect those who cannot protect themselves; and Be it further RESOLVED, That we call upon Southern Baptists to work for legislation that will allow the possibility of abortion under such conditions as rape, incest, clear evidence of severe fetal deformity, and carefully ascertained evidence of the likelihood of damage to the emotional, mental, and physical health of the mother

[Elsie]

...and took a few years to get 45,000 congregations to build a consensus on how to respond.

WHAT???

I'm sure the KJV has --- Exodus 21:22-25
“If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.
“But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. --- in it.

SURELY abortion is a greater evil than this!