Essay:Letter from 2012 revisited

Special thanks to User:Sprocket_J_Cogswell for massively improving the formatting of this essay.

Shortly before the 2008 elections, Focus on the Family released Letter from 2012 in Obama's America, which predicted all of the horrible, terrible, no good, very bad things that would happen if Obama won the election.

Well. Obama won. It's 2012. Let's see how their predictions panned out, shall we?

''Note: In all fairness, the letter purported to come from October 22, 2012. So, perhaps things will all go downhill over the next few months and Focus on the Fambly will be proven right.''

Same-Sex Marriage
They also predicted several other Supreme decisions would follow. Despite their premise being flawed, let's take a look anyway.

Obsession
They're really worried about teh gheyz, aren't they? Thirty four numbered points in their letter (I'm merging a few) and the first ten are about those icky homos. And there's more to come!

Campus ministries
College ministries still exist, FotF's fear-mongering notwithstanding.

Pledge of Allegiance
No, Focus, you can still pledge allegiance to the flag in public schools.

Abortion
Oh, here we go. If there's one thing to get the religious right up in arms other than gays being treated like human beings, it's abortion.

Conclusion
Focus had around forty predictions in their list, depending on how you divide up their bulletized points. I'm giving them credit for getting four right, and that's being generous. That's just ten percent. Epic fail.

What Must Be Done?
Deuteronomy 18:20-22 says clearly what should be done with false prophets, and that's that they should be put to death.

And it tells how to recognize a false prophet: "If the prophet speaks in the Lord’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the Lord did not give that message." Since Focus clearly presents themselves as speaking for God, and their prophecy failed to come true, they are, therefore, false prophets.

Now, I realize that under the liberal tyranny of Obama's America, we cannot take the entirety of Focus on the Family out and stone them to death. (Can't you just imagine how the ACLU would respond to that?) I do, however, expect that Focus will do the honorable, Biblical thing and disband completely, since they have clearly violated a major Biblical rule. Your move, Focus.