I have long believed that the ONLY reason that a number of Christian ministers are constantly on their soapboxes about freedom of religion is to make sure nobody screws with THEIR church.
If the day ever came where this country really DID establish Christianity as the country's religion, I would bet you any amount of money that the talk about religious freedom and religious diversity would come to a screeching halt overnight!
Pat Robertson is just getting too old and senile to effectively hide his disdain for those OTHER ridiculous religions anymore.
Robertson has long ago forgotten the teachings of Christ. His narrow, hate-filled, misguided interpretations are only his twisted visions mirroring his own limited intellect and cold heart.
ReplyDeleteI am no longer a Christian because of men like Robertson and his followers of all stripes in denominations across the board. Too many "pastors" have replaced compassion and kindness with their own egos, allowing their personal prejudices to dominate the views they demand their congregants follow.
So much hate, so much pain, so little comprehension of what originally was intended to free followers from the fire and brimstone guilt instilled in the Old Testament. So very, very sad.
No wonder people of all ages, but particularly the young, are turning their backs on churches. How can you praise a God when His priests and pastors teach those in their care to hate themselves and one another? How did the glory of God's creation become so vile?
The result is that people are not only turning away from churches, but they are turning away from faith altogether. Perhaps, considering the state of American Christianity these days, that is not altogether a bad thing. I can only hope that a compassionate secular humanist view replaces the corrupt teachings of misguided church leaders.
What an old geezer!
ReplyDelete"If the day ever came where this country really DID establish Christianity as the country's religion"
ReplyDeleteYou can bet it wouldn't be the Christian God to whom I and many others pray.
It made him a lot of money.
ReplyDeleteWhen my husband was a young postal worker, the Billy Graham ministries had their headquarters in Minneapolis. Their mail slot was huge… bigger than any state except Minnesota. You know most of those envelopes contained cash from poor little old ladies.
I hope there’s a special place in hell… and I don’t even believe in hell.
Sarah talks to Greta May 22, 2012
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I felt the "bite" of biased, ignorant, bigoted hypocrisy when I was sixteen. (This was the early '60's.) The so-called adult members of the church I was raised in (and my grandfather was a Bishop) decided they didn't like the idea of my having ONE beer every month or so. But the legality of the question wasn't the direction from which they were attacking. They ranted and raved for about twenty minutes at me and when I got a chance to, I told everyone there exactly what type of hypocrisy they were spouting. I opened that Peyton Place like a can of worms and exposed every single one of their tawdry affairs, including a couple of lesbian affairs (In the 60's that was REALLY a no-no!) and got my butt out of there very quickly. There were a LOT of divorces that summer!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen my father woke me the next Sunday for church I ordered him out of my bedroom and told him I would NEVER set foot in a pile of garbage like that place again! He hit me. Yep! Right peaceful religion!
That took guts! Good for you.
DeleteSo, Robertson advocates criminal mischief, eh?
ReplyDeleteRobertson seems to fear statues of Buddha. If he truly felt that Buddhism was a meaningless religion and that the statue had no power, then why would he demand it be destroyed? After all, if it's just a statue, then why bother?
I think I'm going on the interwebs and get a a nice Buddha lawn ornament for myself. I think I'll send Pat one as well.
They are scared. They presume to know the mind of God and pass judgement on those that are not themselves.
ReplyDeleteThey never fully appreciate that the freedom of religion protects them too, as choice protects someone like Sarah Palin's ability to fake a pregnancy in the beginning of her first elected position in high office at her age and with all the requisite responsibilities any normal person would assume competently.
Is it the American way to force the nascent population's faith on the minority? I've had to sit through opening prayers for every single town / public meeting my whole life. In parts of Michigan where the Muslim population is high, would it be okay for them to unilaterally declare their ritual for all public gatherings? For all the Vietnamese that resettle in Louisiana / Alabama, would Buddha be on every street corner?
Wouldn't that just rile the Christians? Christians who have run every other faith roughshod in all of American history? Christians that haven't been persecuted since being fed to the lions by Romans?
There is no war on Christianity, there is a stand taking place against these thugs whose eyes are scaled over with their superiority, condescension and sense of divinity.
I think Screech has had her eyelids done in addition to a face/neck lift, she's got that wide open Nancy pelosi look going on
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O/T wow they are really ripping on Bristol this morning! People are sick to death of this girl and all things Palin. Good luck getting sponsors..
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Bristol Palin reality series to premiere June 19
I've said for 30 years that they will drop the conversation about prayer in school just as soon as they try to tell people which religion's prayer is going to be used. THAT is when it will fall apart in a bitter feud.
ReplyDeleteExactly what my political science students learned, when I told them that not everyone is a Southern Baptist and uses the KJV. When I asked, "If Bible reading and prayer are okay in Texas, are they also okay in Utah if they use the Book of Mormon? In Rhode Island, if they say the Hail Mary? Readings from the Book of Common Prayer in Virginia? Hebrew prayers in NYC?" They realized that what they really wanted was only their religion, not freedom of religion.
DeleteYou'd think that this turd would be seizing upon an opportunity to bilk the little old ladies of their pension money, by scaring them with what is an actual threat: the surrender of American values to the Mormon church.
ReplyDeleteHell sounds like a pretty darn good place after listening to the "guns god and religion" koolaid drinkers.
ReplyDeleteNot that any Buddhist would, but if one did break or defile a crucifix, Robertson would shit himself in a tirade against, not the perp, but the entire religion. This senile arse forgets religious freedom and tolerance is a cornerstone of this country. It’s asinine idiots like this that underline the phrase “Ugly American”. Unfuck him.
ReplyDeleteI wish people would stop excusing his hate with the word "senile". This vile man knows EXACTLY what he's saying and doing.
ReplyDeleteHey guess who else destroyed Buddhist statues? The Taliban. Remember how they blew up ancient statues because it was offensive to their God? Geeze, the reich wing and other despots have all the same asinine qualities.
ReplyDeleteSit down you old dumb bastard. No one is buying your brand of Bullshit anymore.
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