[Sopater]

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. (Mat 19:9)

I think I'll go with what Jesus said.

Video at the link.

[mombonn]

Shame on him. What part of “til death do we part” does he miss?

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’m surprised Pat didn’t recommend polygamy!

[TASMANIANRED]

I’m no Robertson fan...but the headline is deceiving.

“I know it sounds cruel, but if he’s going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again, but make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her,” Robertson said.

He is advocating divorce before flagrant adultery.

[1forall]

Jesus said, in the context of Matthew 19, that divorce was permitted by Moses (not God), because of the hardness of one’s heart. He also reiterated the original command that what God joined together, let man not separate.

[packrat35]

I guess “until death doe us part” has a new meaning now. Wow! Dump your spouse right as they really need you.

[little jeremiah]

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Terrible. What about "in sickness and in health"?? What about divorce for other ill health issues? Gaining weight? Losing weight? Losing muscle tone? Loss of job? Hair? Robertson is so, so wrong.

[bjorn14]

Right before I got married, my Mom gave me the best advice. She said, “You know the part where the pastor says let no man put this asunder” I said yes I do and she said...that includes you.

[Liberty Valance]

The man’s faith is about as deep as a snake’s belly in a wagon rut. Go away and sin no more Pat. We hardly knew ye.

[DBeers]

King Henry VIII started this protestant thing when he wanted his first divorce.

[editor-surveyor]

Robertson is a sounding box of stupidity.

Every time he opens his mouth, it is another spine chilling trip into the inane

[ReformationFan]

Haven’t watched the 700 Club in a long time but I thought something was wrong with Robertson when he endorsed pro-abortion Giuliani for the presidency back in 2007. I don’t think Jerry Falwell or D. James Kennedy would’ve done that if they were still alive.

[GOPJ]

Terry Meeuwsen, Robertson's co-host, asked him about couples' marriage vows to take care of each other "for better or for worse" and "in sickness and in health." "If you respect that vow, you say `til death do us part,'" Robertson said during the Tuesday broadcast. "This is a kind of death."

"Cancer" is a "kind of death" too. Same with serious depression. Yep, those are a 'kinds of death' too...

The new vows will read, 'until it quits being fun'...

[LadyDoc]

from a pastoral point, he's being compassionate, but from a strict theological point of view he is wrong.

On the other hand, in the early church, there were a lot of bishops who said if the spouse had leprosy it was okay to divorce him or her or remarry (Leprosy meant you had to be isolated away from others, making normal relations with a spouse impossible).