Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family and Barack Obama are sparring over Obama's biblical references and "fruitcake" interpretations of the Constitution. Obama had cited Levitical laws in an apparent attempt to make following the Bible look silly, taking it out of context in the process. "... He is dragging biblical understanding through the gutter," Dobson said. The criticism comes as Obama attempts to reach out to Evangelical voters.
The goal of these liberals who "haven't read their bibles" (an ironic criticism Obama made in one of his speeches) is that they attempt to undermine Biblical teaches against, say, homosexuality by reading them out of Leviticus together with proscriptions on eating pork and shellfish and weaving two types of thread together and say, see, if you buy one, you have to buy the whole package, and are you willing to do that? What they don't understand is that homosexual acts were proscribed both before and after the Mosaic law they are quoting, which only applies to Jews (technically to Hebrews but we'll go with Jews for now). While the Mosaic law passed away with Christ, the stricture against homosexual acts was reiterated by St. Paul. Consequently, it is independent of the laws forbidding shellfish. This is how these people take verses out of context and yes, don't know their Bible.
And thanks be to God I don't live in Canada so I can say the above and not be prosecuted.
Perhaps Dobson should take the Jesus Test at http://www.sentforlife.com/jesus.html .
He will probably fail at it miserably.
I looked at the "Jesus test". I can't believe how wrong I was about everything, St. Nancy Pelosi - pray for us.
:-/
Funny they forgot one:
"Thou shalt not murder." Liberal/Progressive view: Murder is a sacrament; we should kill all the extra babies and old people, and exploit embryos like a farm harvest.
Eric,
I didn't know ripping sarcasm was considered a tool of an apoligist?
It's not all that sarcastic if you look at the views of some of these people.