PAT ROBERTSON: "THOU SHALT KILL!"
Hello, everybody. Well, you know of the phrase "What Would Jesus Do?" How about, "What Would Jesus Do if Jesus was Pat Robertson?" Well, if you said murder a South American leader, that what's you would do.
On "The 700 Club" Monday, the televangelist and former Presidential candidate said that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated because he is a "terrific danger" to the United States. Robertson said that under Chavez, Venezuela -- a Catholic country -- is becoming "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."
If you've been watching or criticizing his show for many years, this is not the first time Pat has went way out of hand. A couple of years ago, he launched a month-long campaign to pray three U.S. Supreme Court justices to resignation; the end result was Sandra Day O'Connor turning her papers in. Another time, he also stated that feminism "encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."
Now I know many of my fellow bloggers had tons to say on all this, but thanks to his latest remarks, I think Pat Robertson has really lost his cool. But does this mean a number of stations will take "The 700 Club" off the air as a result? We won't know.
And since this is quite a big story on a slow news week so far, that's it for me...for now. Good night.
Hello, everybody. Well, you know of the phrase "What Would Jesus Do?" How about, "What Would Jesus Do if Jesus was Pat Robertson?" Well, if you said murder a South American leader, that what's you would do.
On "The 700 Club" Monday, the televangelist and former Presidential candidate said that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated because he is a "terrific danger" to the United States. Robertson said that under Chavez, Venezuela -- a Catholic country -- is becoming "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."
If you've been watching or criticizing his show for many years, this is not the first time Pat has went way out of hand. A couple of years ago, he launched a month-long campaign to pray three U.S. Supreme Court justices to resignation; the end result was Sandra Day O'Connor turning her papers in. Another time, he also stated that feminism "encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."
Now I know many of my fellow bloggers had tons to say on all this, but thanks to his latest remarks, I think Pat Robertson has really lost his cool. But does this mean a number of stations will take "The 700 Club" off the air as a result? We won't know.
And since this is quite a big story on a slow news week so far, that's it for me...for now. Good night.
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