Radical Cleric Dobson is not telling us something

[brainshrub]

What do you think about this?

Radical cleric James Dobson, an admitted animal abuser and founder of the fundamentalist-training organization "Focus On The Family," has come out in support of Harriet Meyers after talking to Karl Rove.

According to the New York Times:

div class="excerpt"]On Tuesday, Dobson said, "When you know some of the things that I know — that I probably shouldn't know — you will understand why I have said ... that I believe Harriet Miers will be a good justice."

[Vincardog]

1. Could be He knows she will be soft on pedophiles and corporate abusers

but hard on Roe V Wade.

[Rowdyboy]

2. He is a child psychologist, not a cleric....His talks with God are fantasy

certainly, but he is not a preacher, clergyman, reverend, priest, father or man of the clothe.

He is a layman, child psychologist with dubious credentials.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. I think he's calling Dobson a cleric to draw parallels to the Mullahs.

Not so much making a statement about what it is that Dobson actually does.

[brainshrub]

4. Exactly.

Dobson is someone who claims that he is inspired to action by the will of God. He is also a religious leader with some clout, otherwise the Bush Administration would not be seeking his approval.

Dobson my not have formal religious training, but he fulfills the same social role as a religious cleric.

[Rowdyboy]

5. I see where you're cominng from

I take most everything literally because some of my friends just LOVE to catch me making mistakes. I really thought he was a minister and they caught me on it a few years ago!

[brainshrub]

6. A common mistake.

He talks like one, he acts like one... it's not unreasonable think that.

If he wasn't at least considered a cleric within the Christan community, the Bush Administration wouldn't have called him.