What in the hell does such a vague word even mean
Brother Darrell B. Harrison offers this from a Biblical viewpoint...
The first occurrence of the word
equity in Scripture is in
Psalm 9:8, where the psalmist, speaking of God, declares: “And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.”
The word
equity in
Psalm 9:8 is the Hebrew noun
meyshar (מֵישָׁר). It is an architectural term that denotes straightness, levelness, and evenness in measurement. The word carries with it the concept of judging with a straight line, one that is devoid of ethical or moral defects, irregularities, or deformities, such as partiality, prejudice, or bias.
Harrison goes on to state that "for many social justice equalitarians today, namely, that equity is no guarantee of outcome, and for social justice equalitarians outcome is everything—ev
erything."
"True—biblical—equality means that each person and situation is judged with
equity, not
partiality. Truth always must be the goal, not outcomes."
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