Comments on: Anti-Gay Dobson Not Going Away Just Yet

By: Ephilei

Ephilei — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:15:31 +0000

Actually, I’m willing to be the vast majority of American multi-millionaires inherited their fortune from parents. The American dream of self-made successes is romantic but not typical. Most people give their kids money; Dobson’s giving power.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:06:23 +0000

That’s it. The whole thing smacks of monarchy, which is antithetical to most Americans’ belief systems. If you want to attain something, earn it.

“I made my money the old fashioned way, I inherited it,” doesn’t doesn’t sit well with American sensibilities.

By: John

John — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:08:22 +0000

This whole thing makes me think of Kim Jong Il, just wanting to keep it in the family.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:25:57 +0000

I don’t get this thing with passing on ministries & pulpits to one’s children. It seems to be a Baptist/Evangelical thing.

Understandably the Catholic church can’t do it – but this was one of the reasons why celibacy was mandated centuries ago. I don’t see much, if any of it in mainstream Protestant and Jewish congregations either.

Small and medium sized businesses are often passed on to the children of the founders, but a business is (or at least should be) different from a church. It doesn’t send a very good message to the congregation either.

By: Christian Independent

Christian Independent — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:55:01 +0000

Wait a minute, let me make sure I understand this rightly…James Dobson retires from FOTF to start his own rival radio show because he wants his divorce-disqualified son to be on the program with him? Am I reading this right?

By: Ephilei

Ephilei — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:19:51 +0000

Wait, I’m confused. So FotF doesn’t hire divorcees? Wouldn’t be a lot easier for Dad to get them to change the rules than wage a war?

Btw, Ryan was remarried after the divorce and that’s the bigger issue than the divorce itself, as far as the Bible is concerned. If you take the Bible literally and strictly, as FotF types do, the Bible adamantly forbids remarriage after divorce (after widowing isn’t specified). Scripture repeats this messages many times. 3 times in the New Testament and twice by Jesus, far more clear than so-called homosexuality references.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:36:40 +0000

In the vein of “Focus on your own family,” I guess we’ll start seeing bumper stickers that read “James Dobson, get OFF my family!”

By: Jarred

Jarred — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:51:23 +0000

“James Dobson on the Family”? Really? Can the man get any more self-aggrandizing than that?

Wait, forget I asked. I don’t want to know. Especially if the answer is “yes.”