Yes, and thank you for that. Sorry to hear about your suspension, which seemed bizarre to me, as your comments were spot-on, as far as the moderation discussion thread, and hey, if you cannot voice dissent there, where can you?See ya in a day or so....

Dobson has a conference call with the White House almost weekly. More during an election year.

Yea, I would expect Dobson to have more contact than Falwell or Robertson, although I'd like to see verification of the weekly conference call, which I seriously doubt the president is on.But I like Dobson OK. I think he has sound judgement and is probably a good person for the WH to consult with.What do you not like about Dobson?

I suggest all review message 1 and the begining of the topic in general.And, people, how about ditching that "irrelevant" message subtitle?Adminnemooseus

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How is Dobson radical?

The topic title is Who represents Christians if Falwell, Dobson and Robertson don't? You know, that sentence that appears prominently on every page having anything to do with the topic.Message 1's content: There is now a seperate James Dobson topic.Adminnemooseus

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at least ideally. in a real world, we christians are often a very poor representation of him.

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Jesus

Jesus is dead, so he can't represent anybody.

Actually, Jesus is not dead, and He more than represents Christianity, He is the whole of it.

You're missing the spirit of what schraf is asking. If non-Christians believe they cannot hear or communicate with this "living Jesus", then Jesus cannot be the representative of Christians to non-Christians.Or, to be more frank, if he is the representative, then I don't see how he could be a good one. Even Geico made it's representative a talking Gekko. It wouldn't have been useful to have a silent, or one which speaks Bengali.If your representative isn't seen or heard by the very people that he's supposed to be representing you to, then... that's not very good representation. It has nothing to do with whether Jesus is real, alive, or even if he's speaking and non-Christians aren't listening. If he's not being heard, then that's a crappy representative as far as I can tell.

Thats the whole point, his death(physical).It is through his death that he represents. It is how we are saved. It is why the world is the way it is now.What Jesus did affects even you, whether you realize it or not.It's up to you to seek why. He left with some words, and a good example of how to live a life to be with God.By seeking him, you will find him. He left us his Holy Spirit, and when you experience this spirit, you will be a witness.Acts 1:
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."That is what is claimed to have been said by Jesus in the bible.

To be more specific, the best representative of Jesus, is the Holy Spirit, which dwells within you.

If Jesus were here, on this board right now, would he back up his claims with evidence, randman?Would he follow rule #4 of the forum rules?Or, would He demand that everybody else do His research for Him?

no, he'd tell a fictional anecdote as an example of his principles.

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great scott!