Posted on 01/13/2010 7:08:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
He may be a crank, but he’s consistent in his crankery. Anywhere there’s human misery — after 9/11, after Katrina, even after Ariel Sharon’s stroke — Reverend Pat will be there to explain to the victims why they deserved it. (And he’s not the only one.) He’s taking a beating on Twitter right now for having said this, including/especially from Christians who don’t want to see the faith smeared by his latest Old Testament thunderbolt theory. No worries there: Other Christian leaders, starting with the Pope and Franklin Graham, are taking a more New Testament view. But even conceding that he doesn’t speak for most Christians, he does still command a sizable following, no? Even after years of barfing up stuff like this.
If you’re wondering what the “pact with the devil” is all about (fact check: roughly 95 percent of Haitians are Christian), Tapper has some quickie background. Tongue-in-cheek exit question from MKH: According to the Harry Reid standard, shouldn’t Robertson’s charitable works absolve him from any and all offensive utterances?
I like Ayn Rand but I a little slow this morning. Could you expand your post?
It’s kind of coming to me but I am starting off the year with more energy and operating on very little sleep to insure my success.
apologies for being so slow.
I see your point but wonder if the promise of the resurrection and hope isn’t a better sales pitch.
I think the Gospel is a practical gospel. I think God’s commandments are rules given by a loving Father, showing us the way to live in order to have the best chance of happy, peaceful, prosperous lives and societies. So, when I read those verses, I think they just describe the natural consequences of failing to embrace the Gospel and live the commandments.
I agree with you but I don’t condemnation, at a time like this, draws many people to your ideas and causes resentment(that’s Pat’s ideas)
I agree with that. Even if what Pat Robertson said is absolutely true, it probably wasn’t a smart time to say it.
But, when Pat Robertson talked about God withdrawing His protection from the US after 9/11, I couldn’t help but agree.
He is probably gay and will die of the AIDS. Most of these idiot Christians like men or hookers.
Common misperception. Jesus came for the lost sheep of Israel. He would have called the Rolling Stones dogs. Gentiles got the crumbs that fell off the children’s tables. Paul, on the other hand . . . .
Not a problem. You’re also correct........they need our prayers, and a lot of them. God bless.
Rant on...and you did not go far enough south.
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