I've just received yet another forwarded e-mail concerning Dr. James Dobson's efforts to thwart a petition to the FCC to ban all religious broadcasting on television. First of all, there is no such petition. Secondly, Dr. Dobson has no affiliation with the e-mail that is being circulated - someone simply added his name to it to make it look more relevant.
At no time, has the FCC ever been petitioned to ban all religious broadcasting, but because of the hoax, they have received over 30 million letters from concerned Christians over the past 20 years!
Did I say 20 years? Yes. That is how long that particular "Urban Legend" has been in existence. How do I know that for sure you may be wondering? It's because I went to the SNOPES Web site, and then typed "FCC" in the search box - which presented with me all of the details about the legend. If you want a direct link to the article - click here. SNOPES is the best urban legend buster on the Web - in my humble opinion.
Here are a few of my thoughts concerning this situation:
1. I was pleased to read that 30 million Christians made an attempt to stand up for Christianity - that's a very big number. The world system would like us to believe that there are far fewer Christians in America than that.
2. The anti-Christian forces will probably use this as fodder for their campaign to make Christians look like crackpots - seeing that the petition never really existed. They are probably pleased as punch that Dr. Dobson's name is now affiliated with the hoax - he REALLY makes them angry!
3. It's a "Heads Up" for Christians to double-check the facts and to not simply believe everything they read in an e-mail or on a Web site.
