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 Posted - 04/11/2008 : 08:50:24
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| Summary: On The 700 Club, Pat Robertson said of Islam: "I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion, it is a political system meant on -- bent on world domination, not a religion. It masquerades as a religion, but the religion covers a worldwide attempt to exercise power and to subjugate the world to their way of thinking." |
And what exactly does this peckerhead think Christianity is? In any event, Robertson's militant silliness continues:
The April 8 edition of the Christian Broadcasting Network's The 700 Club aired a report featuring an interview with Bernard Lewis, a Princeton University professor of Near Eastern studies, which focused on, in CBN correspondent Chris Mitchell's words, "the struggle ... between Islam and Christendom, two worldviews that contend that theirs is the one true faith." Commenting on the report, co-host Pat Robertson said of Islam: "I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion, it is a political system meant on -- bent on world domination, not a religion. It masquerades as a religion, but the religion covers a worldwide attempt to exercise power and to subjugate the world to their way of thinking." Robertson continued: "They want a caliphate as they had once before; they want all people to be subjected to Sharia and to live under their rules and their domination. It is every bit as insidious as communism, perhaps more so. But to say, 'Well, it's a religion, and you should leave a religion alone,' that's just not the way it works." Robertson also warned "those that don't have any faith": "[L]et me tell you what they're going to do to you will be more horrible than anything you can imagine. And you better understand that Christianity is the way to freedom and not to slavery. This other thing is the way to slavery, not freedom." Before making the comments, Robertson stated: "Well, we've been saying it, but it looks like the political correctness in our society won't let you say it. They make fun of people who speak out boldly against Islam."
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Actually, for a change, he's right, if only a leetle bitty. PC haunts us like the ghost of Marley, but only if you pay too much attention to it.
I don't think he's studied his Bible as much as he'd have us believe. The OT, which the fundies insist is the literal truth, swear to God & Glory Be!, gets off big on everything from condoned rape to slavery, to genocide and ghastly executions, and the NT features the ravings of a madman in the Book of Revelation. So I ask, what is the difference beyond names?
And opportunity, of course. Fortunately our Founding Fathers, in their undeniable wisdom, scotched the forced religion snake from the get-go. Which means that we need to get along with each other, at least in this country (like that's gonna happen  ).
I'm convinced that Islam is simply another rather vicious myth system presided over by certifiable lunatics. There. 'Tis said. Does that make you happy, Pat? Does my disdain for Islam give you the warm & fuzzies? Well, we can't go with that, now can we? I am further convinced, and history bears me out all too well, that Christianity is no more than the flip side of the coin, also presided over by certifiable lunatics of which you are one.
Pat, me old shipmate, I think you need to retire; to hang it up. What the hell, you've become rich beyond Croesus with other people's donations, you've deluded hundreds of thousands -- perhaps even millions, you've run for president with aplomb as well as futility, you've played the fool beautifully, and I wish I had your talent for pissing people off. I mean, really & c'mon, what more is there for you to accomplish?
Rest on your laurels, Pat. You've earned them.
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Pat Robertson on Islam....
