I have been saying this for sometime, but grownups need to step up and stop people like Pat Robertson from representing Christianity. Not only is he an anti-semetic kook, but he is a hatemonger. If you want to see his recent interview on This Week, go here.
I downloaded the film and am watching it. Couple of points. He asserts that all Muslims believe in a jihad against the infidels and therefore should not be allowed to be judges. Millions of people are praying for a change in the supreme court, all, I might add, because a nutjob like Robertson keeps telling them that the judges are tyrants and that people like Ruth Bader Ginsberg shouldn't be on the court because she used to work for the ACLU.
One side point: I think that of the mainstream media, George Stephanopolous may be one of the few who will actually challenge a conservative on air. He challenged him on several points, including asking him why God was so active in removing judges but not in protecting several hundred thousand people from a tsunami. Robertson's answer was lame, though of course, his entire theology is lame and self-serving.
Grownups? Looking for Grownups. The more you allow an idiot/ass like Robertson to speak for the faith, the more harm is done.
3 comments:
pat's a cook? maybe he's good for something after all . . .
-soup nazi
alright, alright. I fixed it. i do think I saw him once pushing a healthfood recipe for pancakes.....
Streak- Thanks alot for making a fair day go right down the tubes. Yes, I clicked on the hyperlink and watched Pat Robertson's interview. The question I'd like to ask is why this guy is getting serious airtime without anyone in politics calling him on it! If you had his counterparts in other religions or atheists using the same kinds of statements about him and other Christian leaders that he made we would have already heard the mother of all Christian whines echo around the country. One of the funniest/saddest parts of the interview for me was his claim that he's concerned about an oligarchy. I looked it up and Merriam W defines it as:
1 : government by the few
2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control
Hmmm. Seems to me his concerns have already come true.
Later- BB
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