James Dobson Accuses Obama of Distorting the Bible

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If anyone on earth knows something about "distorting the bible" it would be James Dobson.

 

While he has his following, there are a lot of "evangelicals" that strongly dislike James Dobson, especially his politics.

 

The upshot is that he understands the "true interpretation" of the Bible.

Just by using the word 'interpretation', he's admitting that either the content is entirely subjective or he has special access into the mind of God. Pick your poison, ya charlatan.

 

I’m completely in favor of separation of church and state. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

-- George Carlin

 

Wow, that is the pot calling the kettle black. No offense nor pun intended.

If anyone is guilty of "deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his own confused theology" and "dragging biblical understanding through the gutter" it is surely James Dobson.

 

Among the issues I have with this, the one that is the most ridiculous is that Dobson is stating that Obama has a "fruitcake" interpretation of the Constitution.

Just to clarify, Dobson says that his interpretation of the Constitution is more correct than Barack Obama's.

James Dobson - Doctorate in child development from the University of Southern California in 1967. He was an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine for fourteen years. He spent seventeen years on the staff of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in the Division of Child Development and Medical Genetics. Dobson is a licensed psychologist in the State of California.

Barack Obama - B.A. in Political Science from Columbia in 1983. J.D. magna c*m laude from Harvard in 1991, Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, as a Lecturer for four years (1992–1996), and as a Senior Lecturer for eight years (1996–2004).

Tell Dr. Dobson that if I want to know if my kid is potty training when he should be I will call him but that he should leave Constitutional interpretation to those that have actually studied the document at length.

Thanks.

 

So Dobson defines the "traditional understanding of the Bible" now does he?

 

Am I the only conservative who doesn't give a flying tinker's damn about what James Dobson thinks about anything?

 

Probably not Ref, but there are a LOT of voters that do.

 

There are a LOT of people on both sides of the aisle who care about what others think politically when they shouldn't.

See Dobson, James; Streissand, Barbara, etc etc

 

What is the over/ under on Dobson being a closeted gay meth addict ?

 

via HufPo --

Dr. Dobson Has Just Handed Obama Victory

Senator Obama just took another giant step toward winning the presidency. Actually, someone who considers himself a sworn enemy of Senator Obama took the step for him. Dr. Dobson of the Focus On the Family radio program (and evangelical media empire) has aired a program in which he attacks Senator Obama, the Senator's theology and his credentials as a Christian. With enemies like this Senator Obama doesn't need friends.

No, I'm not talking about Dobson energizing liberal Democrats. I'm talking about Dobson energizing his fellow evangelicals to vote for Senator Obama.

I first met Dobson when I was on his program back in the early eighties. At that time I too was an evangelical right wing agitator. I describe my encounter with Dobson and my journey from the heart of the Republican/evangelical right to sanity in my book CRAZY FOR GOD-How I Grew Up As One Of The Elect, Helped Found The Religious Right, And Lived To Take All (Or Almost All) Of It Back.

In the bad old days Dobson gave away 150,000 copies of a shrill bestseller evangelical screed of mine called A Time For Anger. (There was a lot more money in the God business than working as a legitimate author let me tell you! If any of my novels made the kind of money my evangelical books did I'd be set! ) Along with my late evangelical leader father Francis Schaeffer, like Dobson we were busy welding the evangelicals and the Republican Party into what amounted to a new party of soft theocracy. I changed my mind and got out in the mid eighties. But I have plenty of friends still in the evangelical movement, and they say unequivocally that Dobson's time has passed.

Dobson is one of the Evangelical religious right old guard. He's to the right what Nader is to the left. Like the late Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and others Dobson has alienated as many evangelicals -- let alone moderate Christians -- as he's inspired. In fact, ever since he tried to get Richard Cizik, vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) fired last year Dobson has found himself painted into a reactionary corner. Many evangelicals still fear him and so won't denounce his posturing power-plays but they also despise him.

Cizik is the future of evangelicalism. Dobson is the past. Cizik is a strong environmentalist advocate on the issue of global warming. Dobson tried to get the board of the National Association of Evangelicals to fire Cizik because of that fact. Dobson said that Cizik's environmental beliefs ran counter to what Dobson thought was in George Bush's best interests. He also said that the environment distracts from the favorite issues Dobson raises most of his funds on: abortion and gay bashing. But Dobson failed. The board of the NAE rejected Dobson's power play, for the same reason many evangelicals will reject his telling them how to vote this year. Dobson also failed in stopping John McCain (who failed to kiss Dobson's ass sufficiently) from becoming the Republican nominee.

If you're one of many Americans who thinks that the war in Iraq was a mistake or believe that the Republicans have run the economy into the ground or think that perhaps the chaos George Bush unleashed in our foreign affairs has something to do with the price of gas at the pump... then you have Dr. Dobson to thank -- personally. No one worked harder to get Bush elected then reelected. Dobson delivered his millions of dupes. But now many of them see through him and like most Americans, are appalled by Bush.

Nevertheless Dobson has -- for eight years -- been George W. Bush's personal shill. In return Dobson has had ego-stoking "access" to the White House, or rather to the lackeys in the White House laughing at him but charged with stroking Dobson and the other pompous asses masquerading as religious leaders.

But the new generation of evangelicals is sick of being labeled as backward rednecks because of their association with fossils like Dobson. There are many evangelicals like Cizik too who are not all about homophobia, nationalism, war-without-end and American exceptionalism or the Republican Party. Like Cizik they believe that the America has a responsibility to do something about global warming, poverty, AIDS, human trafficking and other issues. They see through Dobson and the other so-called pro-life leaders, who have actually done nothing to reduce abortion. In fact Dobson has increased abortions because of his "abstinence only" crusade.

As a result of his power grabs and bullying of other evangelicals, not to mention his telling people how to vote and pointing them to the failed W, Dobson & Co. have zero credibility with a growing number of otherwise conservative evangelicals who happen--this year--to be looking favorably at Senator Obama's holistic Christian-based world view. Unlike Dobson they like Obama's theology just fine.

All that was missing to put the frosting on the Obama cake was for Dobson to attack him. For Obama to win all he needs to do is peel off a chunk of heretofore solid evangelical Republican votes.

Dobson just handed Obama those votes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/dr-dobson-has-just-handed_b_108989.html

we'll see

 

This is a excellent column. Schaeffer sound very bitter, but I agree with a lot of what he says here. Dobson has ticked off a huge number of "evangelicals" over the years. The way he has morphed into a vicious political ogre over the last 30 years makes me wonder if he's lost his mind.

 

I'd be bitter too if I had a **** for brains representing my faith the loudest.

 

The irony of Dobson calling someone else a fruit cake

 

you stole my line.