Pat Robertson's new low

[anotheratheisthere]

Did you guys hear what Pat Robertson said?

Check it out at

I don't believe in Christian mythology, but right now I so wish there was a hell, and there was some way to see Pat Robertson's face when he dies and he realizes that's where he ended up.

Here's a question for all of you Christians: Tonight, in light of the outrageous statements by Pat Robertson, are you proud of worshipping the same God as him?

Do you think that Jesus would endorse his statement if he were around today?

On a less disgusting note, if you'd like to donate to the relief efforts, go to

www.clintonfoundation.com/haitiearthquake

[JBlack]

I never could stand Pat Robertson. The man is a bigot and an ignoramus. It should definantly be noted that people like him don't speak for all Christians. Unfortunantly, free speech includes allowing Pat Robertson to spew whatever nonsense out of his mouth that he wants to. The saddest part is that He'll never be challenged on the air on any of it.

The Haitians made a deal with the devil?! (I guess someone forgot to tell Pat Robertson that 96% of Haitians are Christians.) [sarcasm]How preposterous that these people would want to be free. They should've stayed good lil' slaves, the way God intended.[/sarcasm]

[anotheratheisthere]

I never could stand Pat Robertson. The man is a bigot and an ignoramus. It should definantly be noted that people like him don't speak for all Christians. Unfortunantly, free speech includes allowing Pat Robertson to spew whatever nonsense out of his mouth that he wants to. The saddest part is that He'll never be challenged on the air on any of it.

The Haitians made a deal with the devil?! (I guess someone forgot to tell Pat Robertson that 96% of Haitians are Christians.) [sarcasm]How preposterous that these people would want to be free. They should've stayed good lil' slaves, the way God intended.[/sarcasm]

You know what it is man? Haiti is the first instance of black people freeing themselves from colonial oppressors, literally through a slave revolt.

The idea of black slaves revolting against their white masters must make Robertson's blood boil. Hence the smear tactic of making up the idea of a pact with the devil. Talk about hitting somebody when they're down.

Now let me ask you something? If instead of indoctrinating our children into believing such as absurdities as Santa, Virgin births, walking on water, surviving 3 days inside a whale, people coming back from the dead, invisible men in the sky, etc....i instead of doing that, we trained our children to question everything, wouldn't it be better? If we weren't conditioned from birth to accept crazy fictional stories as fact, do you think people like Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and such would have the platform they have? Wouldn't we develop a more critical mind, and wouldn't we develop more of an immunity to such lies?

If when Sarah Palin said "Death Panels!!!!! Everybody panic!!!" we went to senate.gov and actually looked up the bill to see if it said anything about death panels, wouldn't we be in better shape?

If when Bush said "WMDs in Iraq! Everybody panic!" we paid attention to what the inspectors on the ground were saying, wouldnt we, and in particular the thousands of maimed soldiers, be LITERALLY in better shape?

Just a thought.

[JBlack]

Now let me ask you something? If instead of indoctrinating our children into believing such as absurdities as Santa, Virgin births, walking on water, surviving 3 days inside a whale, people coming back from the dead, invisible men in the sky, etc....i instead of doing that, we trained our children to question everything, wouldn't it be better? If we weren't conditioned from birth to accept crazy fictional stories as fact, do you think people like Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and such would have the platform they have? Wouldn't we develop a more critical mind, and wouldn't we develop more of an immunity to such lies?

If when Sarah Palin said "Death Panels!!!!! Everybody panic!!!" we went to senate.gov and actually looked up the bill to see if it said anything about death panels, wouldn't we be in better shape?

If when Bush said "WMDs in Iraq! Everybody panic!" we paid attention to what the inspectors on the ground were saying, wouldnt we, and in particular the thousands of maimed soldiers, be LITERALLY in better shape?

Just a thought.

A thought I completely agree with. In fact, I take back my statement about Pat Robertson never being challenged on it being the saddest part, because what's even sadder is that millions of people watch his show and soak it all up. Absolutely, humanity would be better off if people were taught to use conductive reasoning, and to think for themselves instead of letting a 2000 year old book think for them. Religion actually has some people convinced that they're not smart enough to think for themselves and so they need religion to do their thinking for them. It has others convinced that they better believe as they do or else they'll be dire consequences waiting for them in the afterlife. To add insult to injury, they have the audacity to label this, "the good news".

I share your frustration with the unwillingness of some people to use critical thinking. The question is, how can this be changed? What will it take for folks to drop the intellectual chokehold that their religion has on them? Unfortunately, progress really is a slow process. I'm optimistic though.