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Author Topic:   A Closer Look at Pat Robertson
joshua221 
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Message 4 of 160 (237540)
08-26-2005 8:10 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by crashfrog
08-26-2005 6:52 PM


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I'm jumping back into the game to address what I felt where some unsupportable statements about Pat Robertson in the thread devoted to his recent, despicable remarks advocating the assassination of Hugo Chavez.
Small people talk about people, Great people talk about ideas. - some famous woman

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joshua221 
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Message 11 of 160 (237582)
08-26-2005 10:43 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by crashfrog
08-26-2005 8:15 PM


I don't get why people insist on the insults to Pat R. We all understand that his views are radically different than that of the Christ. I thought picking on the poor guy would 'get old'.
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So the fuck what? I find it very disingenuous for Faith, randman, and indeed the entire evangelical community to act as though their responsibility in this matter ends with lip service. The evangelical community has done nothing to truly extricate themselves financially and politically from Robertson; he continues to be allowed to speak on behalf of evangelicals and profit from their support of his assorted ministries, his CBN channel, his political aspirations and organizations (most notably the various incarnations of the Christian Coalition, which he started), and his attacks on the Federal judiciary.
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The pattern is familiar. Robertson shoots his mouth off, Christians condemn him, and then nothing. No calls for ABC to cease broadcasting of the 700 Club. No boycotts of those who advertise in or around that timeslot. No calls for cable companies to drop CBN. No calls for the FBI to rescind the award they gave to him in 1978, the least they could do considering he's called for the mass murder of government officials.
I will respond with something that I have known for a very long time, when a preacher who was very old stood up and said something that resonates loudly as truth.
He talked about 2 Timothy, when in a letter to Tim, Paul talked of "the world", and warned him to "stay away from the things of this world". In Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, the word "samsara" meant the things that today would make us forget about one's self, or God, or life, destiny. This would entail anything immediately gratifying, things that satisfy, but do nothing for me. Commonly called sin. Samsara in Buddhism, the things of this world from Paul in Christianity, all block ourselves from our purpose.
I would say that Pat R.'s 700 club, and his TV network are of this world, and that we shouldn't dwell on these things.
That's what I was attempting to say, when I posted that quote I guess, but you gave me trouble, so I had to explain, which is good I guess.
This message has been edited by prophex, 08-26-2005 11:10 PM

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joshua221 
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Message 12 of 160 (237583)
08-26-2005 10:45 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Omnivorous
08-26-2005 8:52 PM


Re: irrelevant insult edited out
quote:
"some famous woman", huh? Good work.
Forgot her name, but the point is clear in the quote.

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joshua221 
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Message 14 of 160 (237588)
08-26-2005 11:11 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by crashfrog
08-26-2005 11:08 PM


hehe, read the edit, sorry!
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It's fine if, like Faith, you opt not to challenge the factual basis of my post. But if all you're going to do in this thread is misrepresent the content of my OP, then it would be better for you not to participate at all. Don't you agree?
I can see the future
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And if you object to the subject of the thread as a whole, then your side shouldn't have described Robertson as such a great humanitarian before you did the research to see if that was the case.
My side?
Great humanitarian?
Back up these accusations, I already knew this guy and his whole network was a fluke.
This message has been edited by prophex, 08-26-2005 11:13 PM
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joshua221 
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Message 118 of 160 (238036)
08-28-2005 4:38 PM
Reply to: Message 37 by Phat
08-27-2005 3:13 AM


Re: After a bit of googling....
Yeah I looked up that quote too, but didn't think it was the saem one.

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