WWJK
Who would Jesus kill?
http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7513&news_iv_ctrl=1241&abbr=pr
TV PREACHER’S CALL FOR MURDER OF VENEZUELAN LEADER IS CHILLING, SAYS AMERICANS UNITED
AU’s Lynn Blasts Robertson’s Latest Extreme Commentary
TV preacher Pat Robertson’s call for the killing of a foreign leader is chilling, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
During his “700 Club” broadcast Aug. 22, Robertson lit into President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela as an American enemy that needed to be done away with.
“You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he [Chavez] thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,” Robertson told his audience. “It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability.”
The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United, said Robertson’s call for violence should be condemned by American officials.
“It is deplorable for a Christian preacher to go before his vast audience and urge the American government to murder a foreign leader,” Lynn said. “His bloodthirsty commentary is over the top, even by Pat’s rather elastic standard.
“This is just the kind of religious fanaticism that the world does not need more of,” Lynn continued. “President Bush should immediately disavow Robertson and his extremist rhetoric.”
Lynn noted that Robertson has a long history of outrageous commentary, including shrill attacks on Islam. Most recently, Pat has been urging his “700 Club” audience to pray for more vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court so that current justices can be replaced by President Bush with “righteous” judges.
During the same Aug. 22 broadcast where Robertson called for the assassination of Chavez, the TV preacher prayed that God “take control of the court, that you would take control of the confirmation process for Judge Roberts, that you bring about other vacancies on the court….”
Americans United is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.
Thank god there are still sensible people in this world. Praying for more vacancies in the Supreme Court is just wrong. The Supreme Court is a life appointment and usually the only way out of that job is death or a serious illness. Why would you wish harm on another individual and claim you are a Christian? Then Robertson goes and tells the government to assasinate Chavez. Bah.. This guy sounds as bad as Osama Bin Laden. Religious extremism should not be tolerated. Wishing or praying death/bodily harm on people should be considered a threat and not taken lightly.
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't one of the 10 Commandments Thou Shalt Not Kill? I think I remember reading that somewhere. I may be wrong though :p.
Sorry about the rant. I just feel disturbed when people like this have this much power and I feel even more disturbed when people agree with this clown.
http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7513&news_iv_ctrl=1241&abbr=pr
TV PREACHER’S CALL FOR MURDER OF VENEZUELAN LEADER IS CHILLING, SAYS AMERICANS UNITED
AU’s Lynn Blasts Robertson’s Latest Extreme Commentary
TV preacher Pat Robertson’s call for the killing of a foreign leader is chilling, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
During his “700 Club” broadcast Aug. 22, Robertson lit into President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela as an American enemy that needed to be done away with.
“You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he [Chavez] thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,” Robertson told his audience. “It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability.”
The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United, said Robertson’s call for violence should be condemned by American officials.
“It is deplorable for a Christian preacher to go before his vast audience and urge the American government to murder a foreign leader,” Lynn said. “His bloodthirsty commentary is over the top, even by Pat’s rather elastic standard.
“This is just the kind of religious fanaticism that the world does not need more of,” Lynn continued. “President Bush should immediately disavow Robertson and his extremist rhetoric.”
Lynn noted that Robertson has a long history of outrageous commentary, including shrill attacks on Islam. Most recently, Pat has been urging his “700 Club” audience to pray for more vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court so that current justices can be replaced by President Bush with “righteous” judges.
During the same Aug. 22 broadcast where Robertson called for the assassination of Chavez, the TV preacher prayed that God “take control of the court, that you would take control of the confirmation process for Judge Roberts, that you bring about other vacancies on the court….”
Americans United is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.
Thank god there are still sensible people in this world. Praying for more vacancies in the Supreme Court is just wrong. The Supreme Court is a life appointment and usually the only way out of that job is death or a serious illness. Why would you wish harm on another individual and claim you are a Christian? Then Robertson goes and tells the government to assasinate Chavez. Bah.. This guy sounds as bad as Osama Bin Laden. Religious extremism should not be tolerated. Wishing or praying death/bodily harm on people should be considered a threat and not taken lightly.
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't one of the 10 Commandments Thou Shalt Not Kill? I think I remember reading that somewhere. I may be wrong though :p.
Sorry about the rant. I just feel disturbed when people like this have this much power and I feel even more disturbed when people agree with this clown.
posted by Mikey B. at 5:31 PM
2 Comments:
that's messed up...
but remember, he's not God/Jesus.
I know :)
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