Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Dobson Stakes Claim to Holy Bible

The evangelical leader James Dobson accuses Obama of making a "fruitcake" out of the Bible. I like his word choice.

Obama's right. Misinterpretation of the Bible has led to crimes against humanity, hatred of gay people or anyone who isn't a white Christian.

It's called religious extremism and it can be had in all religions. People like Dobson make the world more dangerous.

CNN: In comments aired on his radio show Tuesday, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson criticizes the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for comments he made in a June 2006 speech to the liberal Christian group renewal.

WATCH Dobson says Obama has a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution

In the two-year old speech, Obama suggests it would be impractical to govern based solely on the word of the Bible, noting some passages suggest slavery is permissible and eating shellfish is disgraceful.




"I think he's deliberately distorting the tradition understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his own confused theology," Dobson said, later adding that Obama is "dragging biblical understanding through the gutter."