There seems to be some trouble between Barack Obama and Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family fame.
I've never personally been a Dobson groupie, but I've always respected the man. I don't think that you can question all the good work that he has done over many years trying to support and strengthen the American Family. Also, being a longtime Christian, giving thought and consideration to the Word of God, and associating with good Bible teachers has given him some room to talk about Biblical matters. To be clear, his earned degree is in Child Development, and he does not hold earned degree's in any Biblical field. I don't say that to denigrate him, I don't think it takes anything away from him when it comes to talking about Scripture, I just think we need to be clear.
On to the main point though, Obama has made some statements about what the Bible says, and what religion should be and what it's role in the world should be. Dobson responded that these statements by Obama shows that he distorting the Bible.
If you've noticed that this post has been pretty ambiguous as to what was actually said, there is a good reason for that. If you didn't listen to the "Focus On The Family" show where this was aired, which I haven't had a chance to do yet, it's nearly impossible to find a breakdown of what these statements were.
This leaves us with pretty much no choice but to base a conclusion on the people in the dispute. As I already stated, Dobson has a long history of work with and exposure to the Scriptures and good Biblical teachers. Meanwhile, Obama has shown no credentials in evaluating Scripture whatsoever, and look at the preacher that he sat under for so many years, who has himself shown that he doesn't have any standing to evaluate Scripture.
I don't think that there's any choice but to say that Dobson was right, and Obama tried to distort the Bible for his own Political ends. Can we really be surprised?
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While listening to Sean Hannity's radio show yesterday, I can vouch for the fact that Obama distorted biblical truth in his comments. Plus, in a speech he did back in 2006, he said (paraphrased here) something like:
'Whose kind of Christianity are you going to embrace? James Dobson's or Al Sharpton's?'
Obama was speaking about how (again, paraphrased here) 'all faiths need to drop their dogma and get along to get things done.'
Obama is no Christian. If anything, he's either a secular humanist wrapping himself in "Christian" garb, or, a Unitarian Universalist (all religions are, and can be true at the same time) with Black Liberation Theology and Islam in his roots!
What do you get with such a background?
A confused mess!!!
Christine,
After writting this post, I did find where Obama had said that about Dobson vs. Sharpton, what a crazy mess that is. It's difficult to even think of the two of them in the same thought, so far removed are they from each other.
I can't say that I'm surprised that Obama would distort the Bible for his own ends, but what is sad is how many people will go along with him. I also saw where he made some comment about how few people read thier Bible, which is true and very sad, but it should make Obama happy, since, if people were reading thier Bible the way they should, they would see through anything he said about it. This way, he can get away with almost anything.
Just a quick update on this, I did finally get the chance to listen to the Podcast of the Focus On The Family show where all of this was adressed, and my supposition was correct, Dobson was right.
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