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andros_rex@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

James Dobson, influential founder of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, dies age 89

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James Dobson, influential founder of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, dies age 89

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andros_rex@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and key leader on the Christian right, dies at 89
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James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, has died at age 89.

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    And the world got a tiny bit less evil.

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    I’ve got the perfect inscription for his tombstone:

    Rest in piss, motherfucker.

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    And Hell gained another angel.

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    Just gonna leave this here

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Won_Out

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    I’m reminded of an old Clarence Darrow quote…

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    sad, he died too old

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      Rest in piss

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    Sometimes I honestly wish heaven and hell actually existed and that I could see the look on the faces of people like this when they find out they aren’t in the one that they expected.

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    It’s a real shame when they go old like that.

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    BUT DOBSON, WHY NOW? WHY NOT 20 YEARS AGO?

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    Good fucking riddance.

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    Will there be a public coffin defecation ceremony? I’d like to attend please.

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      They don’t make coffins big enough, just throw him in a ditch. You shit, you shovel.

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    Oh man, terrible news today! I’m broken up.

    I can’t find my favourite pen.

    Edit: Oh wait, here it is. Silly me. All is well.

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