COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement’s biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.
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Aren’t we fortunate that God provided a clear, concise and perfect document to let us know exactly what his message is? You know, a message that nobody could distort or misinterpret? Because everyone has freewill, they can either accept or reject God’s perfect word, no matter how perfect it is, right? And it’s absolutely impossible to get it wrong. I mean, it’s not like we have any different versions of the Bible: there’s only one version. The version God gave us; the version that could never be mistranslated, right?
Right?
Ah, what a kind and generous God He is that He would give us such a thing. After all, if He gave us a Bible that could be mistranslated or misinterpreted, there could be hundreds of different translations and interpretations… and only an evil, malicious, conniving God would do that. After all, such a thing–an imperfect Bible–could cause confusion, hatred, and even (gulp!) violence among God’s followers.
And because He’s a kind, generous and understanding God, He would never do that, right?
Right?