(Sigh) Okay, Christians, Please Call This Guy and Explain Why He Should Quit Calling Himself One.

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I had no idea that god was so upset that his friends, the French, had been treated so unfairly by their former slaves.
(God, we know, is in favor of slavery.)
So, the solution is apparently to return Haiti to subjugation under the heel of the French, to use Mr. Robertson phrase, and to make sure no one there has any more conversations with Satan.
(Isn't it remarkable that Mr. Robertson is able to repeat one of those conversations verbatim?)

Voila!
Joe(I am looking for my phone so I can call and get this started.)Nation

It's not hard to be morally superior to an asshole.

oh yeah.

I guess my mind isn't fully engaged this morning, I forgot about the fact that those damn haitians made a pact with the devil so they could break free from their slavery.

I love when Robert says "true story.....and the devil said 'well it's a deal'"

I mean, talk about ingratitude.

Call Pat Robertson's "700 Club" @ 1 (800) 759-0700. It costs them about $1 to pick up each 800 call.

lol u guys r not nice.

I've already called a few times. I figure once the machine puts you on hold, you've already been connected and they've been charged.

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Now here's a perfect example where if that new sarcasm point was being used we wouldn't have to wonder whether Joe was being serious or not.

Proud of you, Alias, proud, proud, proud.

Sarcasm mark?, you mean like this?

~!~Well, isn't that special? ~!~

Joe(~!~Very happy to help~!~)Nation

To balance my Karma, I decided that for every dollar I cost the 700 club, I was going to match in a donation to relief funds.

That way I'm not just bitching.
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Excellent, Alias.
My early morning status on FB was a pledge to match whatever I paid for coffee/soft drink and lunches for today and tomorrow. I wished everyone would do the same and ,,,,,, have a really n i c e lunch.

Joe(so far about twelve bucks, nothing, but something.)Nation

I'm always serious.

So we've heard.

And we are on our way out there to just tickle the heck out of you.

Joe(choochie, choochie)Nation

Has Pat let it be known who the Founding Fathers made their deal with? It can't have been someone good.

Surely that's why the USA gets whacked at the bottom by hurricanes, at the top and the left side by earthquakes and volcanoes and right smack up the middle by tornadoes.

Don't forget the wildfires, the duststorms and the complete lack of forward fashion.
Joe(really. All black again this year)Nation

... and droughts, floods, grasshoppers and H1N1. Wicked bunch those guys. Better build some more churches.

Here are Pat and Falwell on 911:

According to the CBN website, the Interview took place on Thursday, September 13 (Some versions of the eRumor say it was Wednesday).

Both men spoke harshly of the terrorists and clearly blamed them for the attacks.

During a discussion about whether this crisis might bring revival to America, Jerry Falwell said God may have allowed what the nation deserved because of moral decay and said Americans should have an attitude of repentance before God and asking for God's protection. He specifically listed the ACLU, abortionists, feminists, gays, and the People For the American way as sharing in the blame. Pat Robertson responded with agreement.

APOLOGY
The was national publicity over the Robertson-Falwell interview and strong reaction from representatives of some of the groups that Falwell named.

On 9/14/01, Falwell issued an apology for his comments and said he believes that the terrorists alone were responsible for the attacks. He reiterated, however, that theologically he believes that groups that have worked to secularize America have helped remove the nation from its spiritual foundations.

Pat Robertson, on his website, distanced himself from the comments that he had agreed with at the time they were made. He said that during the interview, Falwell suddenly made a "...political statement of blame directed at certain segments of the population that was severe and harsh in tone, and, frankly, not fully understood by the three hosts of The 700 Club who were watching Rev. Falwell on a monitor." Robertson said he considered the comments "totally inappropriate" and that critics had taken the words out of context.

THE TRANSCRIPT
Here are their comments in context:

Pat Robertson began the interview asking Falwell what his response has been to the terrorist attacks. Falwell said there had been a massive prayer gathering of members of his congregation along with students from Liberty University. He told the TV audience that they had humbled themselves before God, prayed for President Bush and his advisers and for the victims of the attacks.

Falwell then likened the attacks to Pearl Harbor and that at that time, Hitler wanted to destroy the Jews and conquer the world. Now, "Islamic fundamentalists, radical terrorists, Middle-Eastern monsters" want to destroy Israel and conquer the world.

The two men then talked about religious revival and whether the events of September 11 might spark spiritual renewal in America.

Then Falwell said, "What we saw on Tuesday, as terrible as it is, could be miniscule if, in fact, God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve."
Robertson replied, "Well, Jerry, that's my feeling. I think we've just seen the antechamber to terror, we haven't begun to see what they can do to the major population."
Falwell said, "The ACLU has got to take a lot of blame for this. And I know I'll hear from them for this, but throwing God...successfully with the help of the federal court system...throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools, the abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked and when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad...I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who try to secularize America...I point the finger in their face and say you helped this happen."
Robertson said, "I totally concur, and the problem is we've adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government, and so we're responsible as a free society for what the top people do, and the top people, of course, is the court system."
Falwell added, "Pat, did you notice yesterday that the ACLU and all the Christ-haters, the People for the American Way, NOW, etc., were totally disregarded by the Democrats and the Republicans in both houses of Congress, as they went out on the steps and and called out to God in prayer and sang 'God bless America' and said, let the ACLU be hanged. In other words, when the nation is on its knees, the only normal and natural and spiritual thing to do is what we ought to be doing all the time, calling on God."
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/f/falwell-robertson-wtc.htm

Pat Robertson's opinion is relevant, because:
-He's an influential televangelist and was a candidate for President of the USA.
-He depicts the sick points of view of the US religious extreme right wing, a part of the American population -a minority, of course, but more influential than its' size.
-The mere fact that such a character is somewhat influential, and not considered unanimously as a lunatic, tells a lot about the sorry state of American culture and politics.

I know it's horrible to look at one's darkest side. But sometimes it's worth it.



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Oh, BTW, I am told by our international editor that the one Evangelical cathedral in Haiti collapsed, killing all 20 people inside of it.
The wrath of God is blind, it seems.

Can someone explain what this "pact with the devil" is supposed to hav ebeen?

Actually, I think the piece of shyt Limbaugh does more harm than Robertson.
The dust had hardly begun to clear from the initial earthquake when that wretched piece of filth went on the air and declared the whole thing just an opportunity for Obama to gain favor with the "light and dark-skinned blacks" in this country.

I think he may be more harmful than Robertson because it's not as easy for a lot of folks to dismiss him as just a noisy madman. Just the other day a lady at work (I immediately lost a lot of respect for) was going on about how she really "likes" Limbaugh because he "tells the truth".

When you try to reason with dittoheads you'll find that they have an amazing capacity for denial. Somehow they've never ever heard him saying any of his signature putridly racist and inflammatory things.

His popularity in this country is one of the things that keeps me wary about what really goes on in people's minds...

I agree, snood. Limbaugh has done as much disservice to the world as the Bush administration, over a much longer period of time. His popularity with people who otherwise act sane is disturbing.