{"id":1141,"date":"2005-02-02T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2005-02-02T14:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/nateptest\/2005\/02\/02\/dobsons-dementia\/"},"modified":"2005-02-02T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2005-02-02T14:49:09","slug":"dobsons-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/natep\/2005\/02\/02\/dobsons-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dobson’s dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Keith Olbermann, who’s a
\nreporter over at MSNBC, proudly proclaims his membership in the
\ncommunity of the religious, while still pointing out James Dobson’s
\nidiocy over the whole SpongeBob thing<\/a>.  Why is this
\nrelevant?  Well, Dobson’s group singled Olbermann out for “e-mail
\naction” because of his anti-God viewpoint.<\/p>\n

And not to let the facts get in the way of FOF’s prejudice, but I
\nhappen to be a religious man. I believe in God, I pray daily, and if
\nI’ve ever gotten any direct instructions from my maker, they were that
\nI’ll be judged by whether I tried to help other people, or hurt them.
\nAlso, that true belief should not be worn like a policeman’s club, nor
\nused like one. And, finally, that I’m in big trouble for helping to
\nintroduce funny catchphrases into sportscasting….<\/p>\n

It goes back to the core of the Dobsonian point of view here: the fear
\nof the “pro-Homosexual” agenda. That may be the way he delicately
\nphrases it, but it is not shared by most of his followers who emailed
\nme. They were clearly angry that there was no anti-<\/em>homosexual
\nagenda. And one of the most fascinating things about the studies of
\nhomosexuality in this country is that while there is still debate
\nbetween the creationists and the environmentalists, I’ve never heard
\nanything suggesting that a child is more or less likely to be <\/em>gay, depending on whether he’s taught not to hate nor be intolerant, of <\/em>gays….<\/p>\n

Hey, guys, worry about yourselves. You’re
\nspewing hate, while assuming that for some reason, God has chosen you
\nand you alone in all of history to understand the mysteries of
\nexistence, when mankind’s existence is filled with ample evidence that
\nnobody yet has been smart enough to discern an answer. <\/p>\n

You might try keeping it simpler: did you help others, or hurt them?<\/p>\n

I’ll
\nbe happy to be judged on the answer to that question, and if it’s a
\ngroup session, I don’t expect I’ll find many members of “Focus On
\nFamily” in the “done ok” line.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Machiavelli taught us that in fear lies one of the most effective
\npolitical tools available.  Seems like Dobson read his Machiavelli
\n— too bad he didn’t read more of Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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