Focus on the Family plucked a video from its Web site today that urged people to pray for “rain of biblical proportions” during Barack Obama’s Aug. 28 appearance at Invesco Field at Mile High to accept the Democratic nomination for president. This, of course, would be about as effective as their attempts to have people “pray away the gay” at their “ex-gay” Love Won Out freak shows.
“If people took it seriously, we regret it,” Minnery said Monday.
Who is Focus on the Family kidding? They are a nasty group that portrays God as a right wing bully who is molded in James Dobson’s dictatorial image. The only joke here, was that Focus on the Family is covering up their true colors by portraying their ugliness as a parody.
You can only feel bad for people who have such an authoritarian, hideous view of spirituality. I hope, even pray, that they get the help they need to escape this miserable mindset in which they are trapped.
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Matthew 5:44-48 (NIV)
44But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Love your enemies by praying for it to rain on them in order to disrupt their event? Somehow I don’t think that’ what the verse intended.
Comment by Emproph — August 13, 2008 @ 12:58 am
I’m a Republican and a Christian, and I can’t STAND Dobson or his sicko hate group. They’re cynical hypocrites and sellouts who play on other people’s ignorance of the Bible in order to twist it into an endorsement of their very this-worldly political ambitions. What a bunch of whitewashed sepulchres.
Have you seen the parodies on YouTube? I have two on my blog: “Pray for Diarrhea” and “Pray for a Tornado.”
Comment by Writing Athena — August 31, 2008 @ 9:52 am
Ha! Noting the perfect weather the night of the 28th and the rain of “Biblical Proportions” which is now raining out the indoor RNC, I’d say that God has spoken and he has endorsed Barack Obama!
Comment by Mama for Obama — September 1, 2008 @ 9:39 am
Mama,
Well, judging from how those particular “christians” were dabbling in black magic (in God’s name) to get something they wanted – it’s not surprising that it backfired on them.
And you know what they say – if you use misuse witchcraft for evildoings, it’ll come back to you “times 3″.
I wonder what their next 2 surprises will be? GOD aka James Dobson croaks? Janet Folger will lose “her” prosthetic penis in front of everyone at the RNC? Matt Barber and Peter LaBarbera will announce their wedding engagement?
Comment by Scott — September 1, 2008 @ 3:59 pm
does anyone else think that mr. dobson is proably a closet-case? it’s just my opinion,but,you know we probably all wonder. you know what they say about people who are so-anti-gay!
Comment by gilbert barrett — September 6, 2008 @ 9:19 pm