Comments on: Christians Turn on James Dobson

By: Ex Cathedra » Blog Archive » Non-Weasels

Ex Cathedra » Blog Archive » Non-Weasels — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:06:24 +0000

[...] Jon Stewart who pwned James Dobson. Christians, not just liberal Christians, but Evangelicals, are turning their backs on him. Most look like Obama voters, but there’s a few McCain supporters in there too. « A [...]

By: eliana

eliana — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:51:02 +0000

How well do you know James Dobson?: http://www.236.com/news/2008/06/27/quick_quiz_james_dobson_7401.php

By: Metro

Metro — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:17:59 +0000

What Dobson needs is a visit to the guy in Seattle who spanks people with a spatula for money. He has a lot of issues he really needs to work out.

He and his “Focus on the Freakshow” ministry have been doing great damage to believers and unbelievers alike for a long time. He enables hate and tries to pretend that his moralism is a must-have for anyone who claims to Christianity.

I’m not happy to see them saying this. I’m angry that they haven’t been saying this for the past three decades.

By: Reagan Hawkins

Reagan Hawkins — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:42:10 +0000

Not that Dobson does this, but this reminded me of a thought I had the other day – As a Gulf Coast victim of hurricanes, it always angers me when this happens, but have any nutbag preachers made the claim that the horrible Midwest floods are God’s retribution for farmers planting two different crops in the same field yet? If not, how long will it take?

By: Joni

Joni — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:30:08 +0000

If Barack Obama was running for bible-scholar-of-the-year then perhaps we need to be interested in how he interprets passages of scripture. But come on, do I as a Christ follower seriously expect him to quote passages as proof to churchworld that he’s a good enough “christian” to be president. Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Maybe this is Dobson’s niche in the christian community and I don’t understand. I just think we’re better off trying to work together than picking playground fights.

By: Matt Stone

Matt Stone — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:34:51 +0000

Personally I think it betrays the gospel when they seek to coerce non-Christians into conforming with Christian ethics through legislation.

By: MonolithTMA

MonolithTMA — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:28:10 +0000

I was definitely more to the right when I was a Christian. I was a biblical literalist. I also was disgusted by the James Dobsons and Pat Robertsons of the world. Neither one of those power hungry bastards could show me a single Bible verse telling Christians to run for office and legislate their own morality.

By: Matt Stone

Matt Stone — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:08:06 +0000

Hemant said,

Nice to hear members of the Religious Left turning on the Religious Right.

Actually I think it is waaaaay too simplistic to characterize this as “Religious Left” turning on the “Religious Right”. It depends what you mean by left and right. Tony Campolo is not liberal by any stretch of the imagination – he is evangelical left. As for Rick Warren – well even calling him evangelical left is a bit of a stretch; apart from the newfound AIDS concern he’s always been pretty corporate / socially conservative to my knowledge.

You need a 2D chart here, with both a political (left-right) axis and a theological (evangelical-liberal) axis. This isn’t liberals entering the fray, its evangelicals telling one of their own to shut up.

By: Milena

Milena — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:18:28 +0000

It’s a good move in that it shines a light on the fact that the Christian Right doesn’t speak for all Christians. Dobson loses a lot of credibility when it is exposed that even followers of his own faith reject his views. However, I wish this outcry had come as a result of some of Dobson’s other statements. Talk about messages of “love thy neighbour” in the Bible is fine and all, but it’d be nice if they had rejected Dobson’s views on homosexuality, for example. It just seems a little more concrete and powerful. Still, it’s a nice gesture.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:52:19 +0000

For the 10 years that I was a christian I was a member of the Church of Christ. A very conservative evangelical church. (They think that a piano in church will send you to hell) but what ;they taught was so far to the left of James Dobson that it is hard to see them as members of the same community. I was taught that Jesus came to earth to help the poor and the helpless not enrich the wealthy and powerful.