Robert Parham
09-18-06
Those of us who know Jesus know James Dobson is no Jesus. Jesus warned against the hypocrisy of faulty faith: "Woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint … and neglect justice." "Woe" was a word of censorship that Jesus placed here on religious leaders for downgrading authentic faith for their own agenda.
Dobson engages in similar Pharisaical practice when he prioritizes a few issues as the moral agenda, while neglecting many issues central to Jesus' teachings and placing the moral mantel on the GOP, as God's Only Party.
Dobson's organization is sponsoring a summit in Washington on Sept. 22-24 that will mobilize the conservative evangelical Christian vote to defeat Democrats in the fall election. Yet his summit has speakers who represent everything that conservative Christians say they oppose—divorce, gambling, false witness and racism.
The event is pitched as Christian for Christians with the message: "Get Your Church Involved." A press release says the meeting is "a pro-family conference" for "politically active Christians" designed "primarily for Christians." Interested Christians should ask their church mission committee for underwriting to attend, says an article, because "We're going to be talking about marriage—defending and protecting marriage."
So, who is one of the headline speakers at a conference that supposedly defends marriage? Twice-divorced and thrice-married Newt Gingrich heads the list. He hardly merits exaltation as a pro-family model. Another moral model on the program is Bill Bennett. He's the sanctimonious virtues guy, who hypocritically castigated the nation's moral standards while he snuck off to gamble in Las Vegas, where he received preferential treatment due to the size of his bets and his history of betting.
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