Trouble in the family - Is James Dobson’s legendary power starting to wane?

Financial Express ^ | March 7, 2007

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Posted for comment. There is a lot I like about James Dobson. The article brings up a lot of points and questions.

[Peach]

I hadn't realized he was behind unseating DeLay.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

He was?

[taxesareforever]

The 70-year-old Mr Dobson (who has already suffered a heart attack and a stroke) is increasingly looking like a relic of an ancien régime rather than a harbinger of a new order.

"looking like a relic of an ancient regime"? Now if this had been used to describe Helen Thomas this would be the end to this writers columns.

[fish hawk]

A subtle way of trying to put James Dobson down. Go James, keep them crying.

[Jeff Chandler]

Why was George Bush spending so much time trying to reform Social Security, he thundered, when he should have been trying to repair the country’s morals?

Huh?

[codder too]

Dobson is neither clergy nor politician. Rick Warren is . both.

[stevio]

God bless Dr. Dobson.

[fish hawk]

The first several paragraphs build him up and tell of all the good things that he has done and then the last paragraph or two tell the real intention of the writer. It reminded me of the old compliment "you don't sweat much for a fat girl".

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I've heard Tom DeLay is setting up the Coalition for a Conservative Majority - to encourage conservative groups to work together.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

There's too much bias in this to even bother with. Okay so the author both loathes and fears Dobson. Yawn. Yes the left has managed to phony up some religious rhetoric. They may not be sincere but it is more of a good than a bad development, mainly because they must give up a key premise to do it. So so what? I still greatly respect Dobson. I would criticize him sometimes from a completely different side -- from being too weak himself once in awhile. Mostly he's great.

Not political, but rather on a purely Christian note, he needs to be sure he is keeping his doctrine in check.

[Obadiah]

And Democrats such as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama—who both like to stress their religious credentials—have a chance of picking up disillusioned evangelicals. The Jesus machine is changing fast.

The author correctly points out that change is occurring within the Christian community, but the author incorrectly concludes the reasons for that change. If you look at your Bible you will find that Jesus lived during a time when a despised foreign country occupied his homeland. In all of his recorded life Jesus only reference to that political situation was the statement of paying Caesar what Caesar is due. His disciples, his followers, and others begged him to say and do things contrary to the hated Roman government and political system, and Jesus said...nothing, not one thing.

The change in the Christian perspective just may be that in this world you will have troubles. Christians who believe that they can and should work toward creating a more moral society are off on the wrong track. Perhaps this realization is the change the author refers to but does not understand.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

He was the prime force behind both the fight to keep Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube in place and the push for a gay-marriage ban. But a majority of evangelicals disapproved of the first and a large number of his fellow social conservatives warned, rightly, that the second was a waste of effort.
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Where is the research to back this statement up?? Dr. Dobson is not perfect but Focus on The family is wonderful resource for families.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

It's an article from The Economist. The Financial Express (based in India) merely reprinted it. That explains the slam. Wonder why India would be interested in this.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

They're interested in a lot about the U.S.

[Peach]

That's what it says in the article.

[Constantine XIII]

Ditto.

We can't mandate godliness from above using the power of the state and hope to succeed. The only way our nation will change for the better morally is to spread the gospel to our countrymen one-by-one.

[Guenevere]

God bless James Dobson....
...for him there will truly be said..
..well done my good and faithful servant.

I am privileged to have listened to his radio ministry, read his books and heard him speak.

He was and still is... a voice in the wilderness.

[Constantine XIII]

btw, well said!

[what's up]

Daschle not Delay.