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James Dobson's Focus On Only The Good Stuff'

It appears James Dobson is telling all Christians that the Old Testament, the book in which his views of our universe's origin is shown, is nothing more than outdated gibberish that can be tossed aside. He and Tom Minnery, senior vice president for government and public policy at Dobson's Focus on the Family', accused Barack Obama of distorting the message of Jesus, as Obama, in a 2006 speech to a Christian group, used references from the Old Testament which Dobson considers no longer apply since the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament trump the old. "I think he's deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his own confused theology," Dobson said. Although, we have to wonder whose view is truly distorted, Obama's or Dobson's.

If the Bible is to be taken seriously Christians must view it as "the infallible word of God." If they consider it as being written by humans, and may be edited at will, then we can easily chalk it up as nothing more than a book of ancient folklore with some moral homilies that fail to rival Aesop's Fables, and do away with the entire thing. By ignoring certain passages that are stated as originating from their god's own voice, which in essence is ignoring their god, then one can easily ignore the entire book. Most Christians would agree that they cannot simply ignore their god. After all, Jesus was the human incarnation of their god. To ignore their god would be to ignore Jesus, and I'm sure James Dobson would have a problem with that.

One portion of the Old Testament brought up by Obama in his speech, something the truly faithful must consider, is taken from Leviticus, where the Judeo-Christian god claims that slavery is perfectly acceptable. In Leviticus 25:44 the Judeo-Christian god states, "Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves." 25:45 - "You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property." These are the words from James Dobson's god, but he doesn't want to admit it. Instead, he wants to do away with it, and seemingly the rest of the Old Testament which is the foundation for the religion he so vehemently defends as being truth'.

It was best said that Christianity is the delicatessen-religion' because modern Christians tend to ignore the words from their god that they don't approve of

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