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Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
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Originally posted by Deeka:
If there were a Christ who was the person described in the so-called "Christian" Bible, the last group you would EVER find him wanting to have his name associated with would be Focus on the Family.
I don't know all the agendas of this group. For many years I was a fan of James Dobson. His recent attacks on supposed homosexuality in cartoons (Sponge Bob and Teletubbies) have certainly turned me off.
James Dobson is not what he portrays himself to be. If you doubt that, then get yourself a copy of the definitive book on that subject, "James Dobson's War on Amerioca," by Dobson's former right-han man and one of the founders of Focus on the Family, Gil Alexander-Moegerle. Consider these review comments:
"For the first time in Dobson's 20-year Nazarene reign, the curtain of sanctimonious morality is lifted so devoted followers and an anxious America can see the naked reality of this right-wing icon. Former Dobson aide and Focus on the Family co-founder, Gil Alexander-Moegerle's exclusive work, James Dobson's War on America, offers an insightful and detailed expose of this religious power-broker and his strong-arm corporation. The author's telling, behind-the-scenes look at the very private world of James Dobson traces his background, his deepest inner feelings, his communications and marketing formula that helped him amass a fortune, his private rage, his ongoing problems with the media, internal difficulties that led to boardroom allegations of mismanaging donor funds, his budding "civil war of values," as well as his political plan for America. Alexander-Moegerle fearlessly offers the view of a top-level insider while presenting Dobson as the charismatic pseudoevangelist would never honestly present himself."
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http://www.hutch.demon.co.uk/prom/dobson.htm From a review on Amazon.com:
"Gil Alexander Moegerle's critical treatise on the personality, work, and ethics of Christian Right pop psychologist James Dobson reveals aspects of this popular evangelical leader that should long ago have been exposed to public scrutiny. Perhaps the most telling revelation of all is Moegerle's disclosure that Dobson subscribes to a doctrine--still popular in some evangelical circles--known as "entire sanctification" or the "second work of grace." This concept holds that a person saved by grace can mature to the point where he/she loses all will to sin, and thus can not fall prey to the temptations that less sanctified believers struggle with. If Moegerle's report is correct, then it is understandable how Dobson can be described as Moegerle describes him--an arrogant know-it-all who demands absolute loyalty and agreement by subordinates and attacks dissenters viciously. After reading Moegerle's book, I wrote to Dobson, asking if it was true that he held to the "entire sanctification" doctrine. I closed my letter by stating that if he sent no reply, I would assume that he did indeed embrace this concept of personal perfection. It has been two years and I have received no response."
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http://www.amazon.com/James-Do...t-reviews/157392122X NOW--all that having been said, I nevertheless maintain that in this free land, Dobson has every right to collect mass quantities of money from his admiring, though underinformed, public and buy and pay for advertising in the public media. That certainly would include Super Bowl messages advancing the views of Dobson and his organization on abortion, which, to their credit, are about the same as my views on that topic.
The grumpy women's organizations that oppose these Super Bowl ads are probably jealous of Dobson's ability to get up the scratch to pay the big bucks charged by CBA.
But, hey, this is an era where money talks big. Thanks to the Supreme Court, corporations are now regarded as "persons" and can now shell out unlimited funds to buy election results. So a corporsation--even a foreign corporation-- is now a "person," but a fetus is not? Go figure.
