Ragamuffin
Posted on 07/31/2013 8:36:12 PM PDT by Morgana
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, July 31, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two days after saying he found nothing sinful about sex-change operations, televangelist Pat Robertson said contraception is “a very important part of humanity” that would prevent the birth of too many Appalachian “ragamuffins.” He also said that Natural Family Planning violated the provisions of the Old Testament.
On today's episode of the 700 Club, a woman asked whether the use of birth control is sinful, something about which Catholics and Protestants disagree.
When Robertson's co-host, Wendy Griffith, said not all families could afford to have multiple children, Robertson replied, “That's the big problem, especially in Appalachia. They don't know about birth control. They just keep having babies.”
“You see a string of all these little ragamuffins, and not enough food to eat and so on,” he said, “and it's desperate poverty.” Pat Robertson discusses NFP on today's 700 Club. Pat Robertson discusses NFP on today's 700 Club.
“I'd say yes, birth control is absolutely an important thing for people to use,” he added, saying contraception “is a very important part of humanity.”
Robertson said that “birth control in the Protestant churches has always been permitted,” because they “feel that the care and rearing of children is a tremendous obligation.”
However, the 83-year-old host had negative words for the Natural Family Planning method. “Our good friends in the Catholic Church forbid the use of birth control but they allow people to use what's called 'rhythm,'” he said at the beginning of his answer. “If you read the Old Testament they were forbidden to have sex while women were having their menstrual period, and the Catholic Church is telling women to do just that, and it's OK.”
The Bible discouraged men from having sexual relations with a woman during her menstrual cycle – or touching her – in Leviticus 15:19-33, a provision taken up by Judaism and Islam.
However, Robertson went on to tell another writer later in the segment that eating pork, which is banned in Leviticus 11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:8, is not a sin.
“Where do people get all these things?” he asked. “This is ridiculous.”
The Protestant Reformers opposed artificial contraception, something not embraced by Protestants until the Anglican Communion's Lamberth Conference in 1930.
Pro-life activists point out that many forms of “birth control” – including the morning after pill, the IUD, and hormonal birth control pill – may cause a chemical abortion by blocking the implantation of a newly conceived child.
Ragamuffin
Laplata I have pretty much ignored his stupid a$$ for the last two decades. It bothers me that most protestants will actually listen to him. It also bothers me that Planned Parenthood will run with this, not that Margaret Sanger was behind it in the first place.
I’ve heard that sometimes a poor person might be happier than some rich people, so I wonder what he’d think about those.
That is another thing that offends me. He called Appalachian kids “ragamuffins”. Would he dare call that to the African kids he feeds? Would he say “send them birth control because they are just “ragamuffins” and have no right to be alive? (basically this is what he said of Appalachian children).
btw cool tagline dude.
Speaking of needing to be eugenics-ized, would someone please put the following line to its much needed rest:
“Robertson just said Appalachia needed to be eugenics preformed on it.”
That line is something I would have expected from a Maimi-Dade County Pooblik Skrewl Collective graduate, - er, make that ‘teechur’.
700 Club started as a good idea, you know, reach the drunk or drug addict or homeless person and had some good assisting personalities as well. This is plain silly and offensive. I think the Good Lord may well deal with someone saying things like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_1988 Ran for Prez. Actually carried 4 states.
The wikipedia article says Robertson helped found the organization we always see with Jay Sekulow, ACLJ, American Center for Law and Justice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson
ACLJ I think does good Christian work, sometimes pro-life work. http://aclj.org/
So this story is disappointing to say the least.
Glades I am soooooooooooooooo upset right now I can’t type. So please overlook any sentence structure flaws I might do. My head is about to explode.
Pope Francis has no power over Robertson. A Protestant.
Thanks for letting us know that.
Robertson will not be making many friends in Appalachia now.
Aye...
Thankee but make that dude-ette. D:)
My dad used to call me a ragamuffin when I was little. He’s from Pat Robertson’s era. It’s a great word. Think I’ll start using it. :)
Yep, and unfortunately, Pat stuck his foot in his mouth probably talking about whom are mostly Protestants as to Appalachia. Sad.
Well, it’s true that the troglodytes crouching in their burrows down in benighted Appalachia have never heard tell of this super-science of the future known as birth control. Sure.
“Robertson said that “birth control in the Protestant churches has always been permitted,” because they “feel that the care and rearing of children is a tremendous obligation.”
It’s funny how that good looking host just nods and smiles at his gibberish in that video. I wonder what the Amish and old order Mennonites think about his historical proclamation?
Freegards
Some of my best friends are ‘ragamuffins’.
In fact, as a ‘ragamuffins’ myself, I resemble that remark!!!
Hey - that looked like my mom !
Well, since 1932, at least.
Before then? Never.
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