2006-12-31 06:19:14 · 21 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do they deserve our thanks?
2006-12-31 06:20:26 · update #1
Possibly. They could also be keeping people away. They have used a logic that says bad things happen when we allow homosexuality, abortion, and other "evils" to exist. According to them we would be far more righteous if we became a fascist nation. Jerry Falwell thought South Africa under aparthied was a moral and Christian nation. That may be creeping some people out.
2006-12-31 06:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by Sketch 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably not; the true believers will never lose faith in these snake-oil salesmen. And for every Falwell and Robertson that falls, there will be a dozen to move in to collect the money. Besides, if Jerry and Pat go away, we'll have no one to point to as an example of the Christian right-wing's hypocrisy... and psychosis.
2006-12-31 14:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by link955 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Losing faith. Dude they are downright frightening.
If Christian people work together, they can succeed during this decade in winning back control of the institutions that have been taken from them over the past 70 years. Expect confrontations that will be not only unpleasant but at times physically bloody.... This decade will not be for the faint of heart, but the resolute. Institutions will be plunged into wrenching change. We will be living through one of the most tumultuous periods of human history. When it is over, I am convinced God's people will emerge victorious.
-- Pat Robertson, Pat Robertson's Perspective Oct-Nov 1992
We at the Christian Coalition are raising an army who cares. We are training people to be effective -- to be elected to school boards, to city councils, to state legislatures, and to key positions in political parties.... By the end of this decade, if we work and give and organize and train, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA
-- Pat Robertson, in a fundraising letter, July 4, 1991
State-Church Separation: The Big Lie
There is no such thing as separation of church and state in the Constitution. It is a lie of the Left and we are not going to take it anymore.
-- Pat Robertson, address to his American Center for Law and Justice, November, 1993. Let's see, now: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." How could the prohibition against Congress making laws respecting an establishment of religion be anything but the separation of church and state?
They scream, "First Amendment." Of course, the First Amendment, as you and I both know, is a restriction
2006-12-31 14:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pat Robertson is duping millions of people to give him money and he uses his exempt status in several totally person business schemes (no doubt funded by his church). You can find info on his diamond mines everywhere on the Internet...he is also involved in banks and construction.....He is using people, he is not a religious man...he has advocated killing people. he is an example why some Christians are turning away from the Republican party...people either give up because they are too weak or lazy to develop their own faith or move on and develop their own relationship with God.
2006-12-31 14:55:59 · answer #4 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Pat Robertson, and Dr. Jerry Falwell are both Men of God. Be assured they have been responsible for untold Thousands of Souls won to Jesus Christ.
2006-12-31 14:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by Minister 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what guides one's faith. I do not necessarily prescribe to that of following. I have some difficulties with my faith when I look at a lot of the things happening around the world and to see many of the people involved claiming to be of Religion.
There are militant Islams and I truly think that many on the Far right wing of the Republican Party could be considered militant Christians. I choose to read the bible and attempt to follow Christ's examples. My favorite scripture is Matthew 25:34-40.
It shows more of what God and his Son meant for us to be.
2006-12-31 14:29:22 · answer #6 · answered by albert_noodles 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jerry hasn't fell so well
Pat can't stop putting his foot in his mouth
but when people put thier faith into a person, this tends to happen when humanity comes out
we err, and we do it often, some better than others
but I thank them for pushing me away from stupidity and racism, and into something else, common sense, free thinking and embracing the truth even if it does not match my dogmas
2006-12-31 14:21:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I look upon the teachings and examples provided by christ...i don't put my faith in christianity nor its followers. i believe and put my faith in christ.
Also, don't eat Pat Robertson's high protein pancakes...it will only leave you constipated.
2006-12-31 14:23:08 · answer #8 · answered by 6th Finger 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO! Everyone is responsible for themselves. We can influence others but each person chooses his own outcome. If a man sells his soul because of another man then they were never of God to start with. We live for God and not for man.
2006-12-31 14:22:03 · answer #9 · answered by Shayna 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about a loss of faith but they do muddy the waters we all drink from.
Their version of the truth is very much their own and sometimes hard to verify.
2006-12-31 14:23:22 · answer #10 · answered by L Strunk 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋