I really wish this organization would leave the country. But no, they’ve just completed an 8 million dollar building project, debt-free. Anything this group does should be wide open to public scrutiny and I wish Christians in Canada would wake up. FotF is no more committed to ‘the family’ than founder James Dobson is. The US extremist toxic religious right group has 65 Canadian employees. While the Canadian arm says it is independent of the US group, US leaders are on the Canadian board and start up costs of 1.6 million were given to the Canadian operation from the US. The Canadian group is fundamentalist, authoritarian, theocratic and lobbies against the same things the US group does, using language friendly to unsuspecting believers.
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I could not agree more! “Dr Dobson” is way too ecumenical and Catholic for me!
It will interesting to see how much upfront face time they get with the Harper majority. I’m sure close links are already established but rarely publicized.
True, that. In my personal experience I don’t know any evangelicals who support Fotf, I know a couple online from the US but that doesn’t count. Given the Fotf intervention in Cdn court cases, their lobbying and publishing of dubious research, they have four more years to solidify their relationship with a government with members who see nothing amiss about their agenda.
I really wish this organization would leave the country.
No, please; honestly; tell us what you really think.
What is wrong with FOTF? They have great teaching here and seem to be a good ministry.
I know Paul, my dislike of Fotf is not hidden.:^)
littledoggie, if your question is not rhetorical, why not start with Dan Gilgoff’s Jesus Machine?
I don’t think they have great teaching, they twist research (see a post on respectmyresearch)
the Institute of Marriage and Family publishes psuedo-science (see a post on that) and I agree with you on one thing – they work very hard to give the appearance of a ‘good’ ministry.
You might want to read up on their employee cutbacks. It’s a shame Christians accept this organization so uncritically and throw so much money at them. If your question is not rhetorical, I recommend looking up Fotf and the Institute in Marci McDonald’s The Armageddon Factor. Despite the attempts to distance itself from the parent organization, the two groups are birds of a feather.
Fotf is simply more “psychology” and nice words,than even pagans agree with
No, they don’t have great teaching. No, it’s not just psychology. No, it’s not just the kind of thing anyone would agree with. What they have to say about gender, for example, is, in my opinion (and not just mine) highly destructive. That’s only one example.
Any pagans in particular?
Are we still denigrating other Christians we disagree with? Or is the consensus here that Dobson is not a Christian? What happened to a mansion with many rooms? I support critical disagreement of ideological platforms on the basis of weak or spurious arguments, but overt bitterness toward individuals (“toxic religious right group. . . no more committed to ‘the family’ than founder James Dobson is. . .”) takes the discussion in a rhetorical and, in my opinion, petty direction. Just sayin’. . .
Sounds like playing the system with tax free money
Christians think and are into this giving money is giving to God
Assuming Focus on the Family is good why not give money?
This sounds very right-wing american evangelical
Alice – I’m not the assistant Holy Spirit and the question as to whether Dobson is a believer is between him and God. Believers can have all kinds of problems, physical, mental and emotional illness and personality disorders that salvation doesn’t ‘cure.’
Many church and para-church organizations reward narcissism etc., and are no different than corporations which do so. No purpose is served with delusion, inside or outside the bubble. There are too many walking wounded.
I am very vocal about a toxic organization he founded, an organization which has done as much harm as it ever will good. I am even more vocal about that organization and offshots operating in Canada and the gullibility of those who accept Fotf at face value.
During these 24 years, Dr. James C. Dobson has been propagating the gospel of self-esteem, and self-esteem is still (to this day) his “good news
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