Focus on the Family sees deep end, leaps off
August 7, 2008 by William K. Wolfrum
Focus on the Family, James Dobson’s religious group that – if what they believe is true – will see 97 percent of its members burn in the fiery pits of hell while Gorgons feast on their entrails, has decided that their God has too much time on its hands.
So they’re encouraging the faux-devout to pray that it rains on Barack Obama during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Covention.
“Focus on the Family asks people to pray for rain during DNC
COLORADO SPRINGS – A video producer for Focus on the Family is asking people to pray for rain when Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) makes his speech at the end of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Obama is giving his acceptance speech outdoor at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, Aug. 28.
Stuart Shepard made the prayer request in his latest Internet video for the evangelical Christian group.
He says he’s only partly joking.
“Sure it’s boyish humor perhaps to wish for something like that, but at the same time it’s something people feel very strongly about. They’re concerned about where he would take the nation,” said Shepard.
Reached for comment, a spokesperson for God said the deity would likely not be answering any of the prayers, due to a profound lack of existence.
–WKW
So if their prayers come true, it is either a coincidence or God is really petty.
[...] “There’s a new breed of Christian out there that seems to think I represent free-for-all capitalism and slaying my enemies,” said Christ, munching on an arugula quiche. “I mean, they made Isaiah into a Cold War-era strategist, for Dad’s sake. Did they even read the New Testament?” [...]
As a Christian Theology major, I’m pretty much required to believe in the Christian God. I feel that I have felt His presence, and I’m pretty sure that She exists (and is a black hermaphrodite). I’m bisexual, transgender, and I love Christ. And He loves you. I think that article on Christ quitting Christianity was brilliant by the way.
Dobson is silly, and Barack is definitely more pro-family than McCain, but he’s not going to attack gays or make abortion illegal, so Dobson hates him.