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http://www.alternet.org/belief/10-craziest-things-pat-robertson-has-said1) Men with rebellious wives should live where wife-beating is legal. When a caller complained that his wife insults him and once raised a hand to him, Robertson lamented the end of legal wife-beating. I dont think we condone wife-beating these days but something has got to be done, he whined. After characterizing the wife as someone who does not understand authority, he jokingly recommended that the husband move to Saudi Arabia, so that he can legally batter her.
2) You should cast demons out of secondhand clothes you buy, lest their previous owners evil infect you. After a 700 Club viewer asked if her mother was right to believe that clothes bought at a resale shop might have demons hiding in them, Robertson recommended praying over them as a precautionary measure. Hey, it aint going to hurt anything to rebuke any spirits that happened to have attached themselves to those clothes, he said, adding that witches may have cursed the secondhand clothes. While the effectiveness of physical washing of clothes can be determined by visual and olfactory assessment, its unclear how one can tell if youve prayed the demons out of your clothes. Robertson was mum on how to make this determination.
3) God punishes people for having too much education. When a viewer asked Robertson why there are more miracles in Africa than in the U.S.--mind you, no statistics were offered to support this contention-- Robertson blamed the supposed overeducation of Americans. People overseas didn't go to Ivy League schools, he chuckled, unaware that 20% of Harvards students come from outside the U.S. He went on to blame skepticism and science for Gods miracle reticence, saying, We are so sophisticated, we think we've got everything figured out. We know about evolution, we know about Darwin, we know about all these things that says God isn't real, we know about all this stuff.
4) Women just discovered porn, and quite possibly sex. Robertson thought it advisable to embarrass one of his female co-hosts by asking her about Fifty Shades of Gray. Youre a sweet Christian girl. Do you see anything in porn that attracts you at all? he asked, as if there was a chance in the world she would say yes no matter how she actually felt about the situation. After she gave the obligatory denial, Robertson expressed his utter bewilderment at this new interest the female gender has in erotic materials. The thing that shocks me. We always thought this was a male thing, he said. But now it looks like 30% of women are involved in pornography. He expressed particular surprise that the author of Fifty Shades does not look like a glamour queen, as if the only thing that could possibly be more surprising than a woman showing interest in sex is an ordinary-looking woman showing interest in sex.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)blood diamond dealer, yet people watch his show and give him money for his christian news broadcasting and 700 club.
Sen. Al Franken gave the best impersonation of him EVER
What a wanker
patricia92243
(12,597 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Why he is given so much press?
If the press decided to print everything some average crazy person said and then said, "See? This is what he says..let's all think about it!" So what if he has some huge multi million dollar organization, and claims to have God in his ear. So do many other religious leaders around the world.. He's some self anointed TV evangelist who claims to be an authority.
Why would Networks, Newspapers, and Radio stations give him so much power? Why does America give him so much power and influence? Its just a tad crazy.. is it not?
liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)and other news organizations a reason to print or give him a legitimate voice to what he said? If Ruppert Murdock said the SKY WAS GREEN... and Chocolate Easter Eggs will be falling from the sky for a week, should we all rush out and see whats out on the side walk?
liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)You don't see much of Pat Robertson on the other networks except when he makes these hilariously stupid remarks on his own 700 club airings.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)It is called ABC Family Channel now.
He does not own a network any more and has not for two decades.
demwing
(16,916 posts)As our corporate owned media tools. Without voices like Robertson encouraging the worship of Supply Side Jesus, people might get the wrong idea about Christianity and use their faith to care for the poor. For the Gods of Greed, Christian charity and Christian Socialism are evils that corrupt the bottom line.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)against certain groups in this country.