tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post112480625647355287..comments2023-07-27T06:00:23.360-04:00Comments on Not the Country Club: Ayatollah RobertsonAl S. E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1125096345908274692005-08-26T18:45:00.000-04:002005-08-26T18:45:00.000-04:00Robertson shouldn't even be taken seriously anymor...Robertson shouldn't even be taken seriously anymore. He's made outrageous comments like that from a long time. He's not a rational person. He doesn't even follow the teachings that he's dedicated his life to preaching. The existance of people like Pat Robertson and their regligeous extreamism is the reason we're fighting a war on terrorism. I've started my own blog about how the media has Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533635019206460278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1125090039262169032005-08-26T17:00:00.000-04:002005-08-26T17:00:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comment, Tiffy. There were some c...Thanks for your comment, Tiffy. There were some comments I wanted to make myself, and so I'll do it here. To paraphrase my favourite US Presidnet again, it all depends on how you define it. That applies to just about everything. I think the Left should always apply its own concrete criteria, instead of getting tangled in the system's propaganda. That way, we won't get misled by the Al S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1125035271119911252005-08-26T01:47:00.000-04:002005-08-26T01:47:00.000-04:00>>Here's a link to what he said. You judge for you...>>Here's a link to what he said. You judge for yourself whether he's a man of God.<<<BR/><BR/>By his own standards, he is a man of God- the same sort who believes in capital punishment and war. There is no reasoning with an unreasonable interpretation of God (and then they will call it, simply "faith" which has no need for reason).<BR/><BR/>I thought it was VERY interesting that the Venezuelan Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355480498129602439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124920868007954552005-08-24T18:01:00.000-04:002005-08-24T18:01:00.000-04:00Lone Primate, my guess is that the church is an in...Lone Primate, my guess is that the church is an institution that arose exactly to control Christians, and make sure they don't even dream of living by the actual content of the Gospel.Al S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124920363952433102005-08-24T17:52:00.000-04:002005-08-24T17:52:00.000-04:00Probligo, they have religion, but they have no fai...Probligo, they have religion, but they have no faith, neither in themselves nor in others.Al S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124913844925581262005-08-24T16:04:00.000-04:002005-08-24T16:04:00.000-04:00"We have the ability to take him out, and I think ...<I>"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."</I><BR/><BR/>Hold on... wasn't that the kind of thing the scribes in the temple were saying about Jesus? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124900331783980342005-08-24T12:18:00.000-04:002005-08-24T12:18:00.000-04:00Robertson, facing the condemnation of his fellow e...Robertson, facing the condemnation of his fellow evangelical types, who have got worried about the adverse propaganda effects of his behaviour, now claims he was misunderstood. He says he didn't <B>necessarily</B> mean President Chavez should be killed. But the thing is that, firstly, in military usage "taking someone out" has only one meaning, which is to kill the person. Secondly, Roberston Al S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124892765227068452005-08-24T10:12:00.000-04:002005-08-24T10:12:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link, Moh'd. Obviously, no-one is ...Thanks for the link, Moh'd. Obviously, no-one is putting any words in Robertson's mouth. He could not be more clear: "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it Al S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124892316826252672005-08-24T10:05:00.000-04:002005-08-24T10:05:00.000-04:00I guess we all sometimes believe what we want to b...I guess we all sometimes believe what we want to believe, Amanda Lee. For instance, I probably use more water on a daily basis than an entire "primitive" village, but I somehow manage to justify this waste of resources to myself. I "believe" there are valid reasons for the waste, but actually, to paraphrase my favourite US President in one of his weak moments, "I do it because I can." If you Al S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053409030033484578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124886622472060172005-08-24T08:30:00.000-04:002005-08-24T08:30:00.000-04:00Here's a link to what he said. You judge for yours...Here's a link to what he said. You judge for yourself whether he's a man of God.<BR/><BR/>http://mediamatters.org/items/200508220006Mohammad - محمدhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10804472542162118259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9257988.post-1124844421455565012005-08-23T20:47:00.000-04:002005-08-23T20:47:00.000-04:00"...religion in the West is increasingly a handmai..."...religion in the West is increasingly a handmaiden to the interests of the Empire."<BR/><BR/>Personally, I can not believe that people and events such as these exist in total isolation.<BR/><BR/>I can not say that (at this time at least) religion is in fact leading the US.<BR/><BR/>What is certain is the truth of your comment. <BR/><BR/>I have no doubt that the likes of Robertson and FalwellThe probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com