We interrupt this blog for a moment of religious sanity
From Pat Robertson: The Earth is more than 6,000 years old, dinosaurs existed before man, and “If you fight revealed science, you’re gonna lose your children.”
November 27, 2012 - 5:43 PM
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
THE ROANOKE TIMES
I watched Pat one afternoon while I was recovering from a surgery. I was already on drugs, so everything was kind of entertaining. This was right after he connected the Haitian earthquake to the a deal made with the devil. I was expecting more of the same, but he launched into a succinct summary of plate tectonics. I was good enough to use in a classroom.
Ken Ham is gonna be pissed at him though.
Sometimes, moments of clarity come from the most unlikely od sources. Credit to Rev. Robertson.
A priceless admission:
(from about :50 sec. to 1:09) “…You’ve got…dinosaurs frozen in time….Those big dinosaurs…this one had a female name, like Suzie…”
Pat joins Jerry Jr. in reading the Casey blog! Who Knew?
Seriously, “revealed science” is an important concept in reconciling religious belief with scientific discoveries. In any religion, the fundamentalist mind is the one that can’t accomodate science, for the same reasons that it can’t accomodate other religions either.
Mike Scott, your post-op experience reminds me, and I swear this is the truth, that I know someone who owns an early edition of Thomas De Quincey’s “Confessions Of An English Opium Eater” that is inscribed by Pat’s grandfather, Rev. F. P. Robertson (of Lynchburg at that time, in the late 19th century).
Warren at #4, very well said.
Warren,
Pat’s been keeping tabs on me ever since I blew the whistle about his 11,000-square-foot weekend house up on Warm Springs Mountain, back in 1995. Just this year, he had a top NYC public relations firm call some brass at the paper to try to get part of that series on this blog redacted. No kidding. They told’em no.
The worst part of the video was at :02 when the Viewer said it “scares me” that two of her teenage boys are questioning the Bible. That says so much more about her than them and is a great example of how religion hijacks free thinking. That’s sad, but I’m glad that Pat Robertson,of all people, set her straight!
This is big, actually. If Pat Robertson is beginning to accept reality, there is more hope for the masses of fundies than I previously thought.
JW, I tend to believe the letter was a prank and PR didn’t realize it.
Dan, I don’t believe the letter was a prank. I know far too many fundies, personally, who say ignorant stuff just like that. They’re out there, believe me.
I’m betting that Rhode Islands holiday tree will be todays War on Christmas headline.
Loudoun County Atheists are called “Terrorists” by a County Supervisor.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/War-of-Words/181155801
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/11/28/loudoun-county-official-calls-atheists-terrorists-for-supporting-churchstate-separation/
Sanity from Rev. Pat perhaps or just a momentary lapse I suspect. However, linked below is an example of insanity from someone who is poised to do serious harm to Virginia if the voters there don’t wake up.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/virginia-attorney-general-suggests-voter-fraud-helped-obama/
Fraom Ron’s link. “During the radio broadcast, Jacobus claimed Obama had lost in every state where photo ID was required to vote—an interesting factoid, but one entirely devoid of truth. In fact, Obama won Michigan, Florida, Hawaii and New Hampshire, four states that have implemented voter ID laws.”
That some people will believe what Jacobus and Cuccinelli claim is par for the course. That Cuccinelli has a chance of being elected governor is frightening.
“That Cuccinelli has a chance of being elected governor is frightening.”
Yeah. And Bill Bolling just handed him the GOP nomination on a silver platter. And Terry McAuliffe is the Dems best shot? Jeez, why don’t we just inaugurate KC now?
And…here it is! Didn’t take long.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/fox-news-war-on-christmas-returns_n_2203671.html
“A lot of people, for whatever reason, will look at this interview today and say, Gretchen Carlson and Doreen Costa are nuts. They’re so nuts because they think there’s this made up war on Christmas,” Carlson said. “We’re not nuts, are we? There is a war on Christmas!”
Been a long time since that Rhodes, hasn’t it Gretchen.
#16 From the interview: “What the heck is going on with Christmas in Rhode Island?”
Well, honey, last time I checked there were still hundreds of thousands of people in RI celebrating it. IOW, nothing’s happened.
#15 I don’t know, Dan, with Cooch the Repub nominee, the Dems can nominate a monkey butt and I’ll vote for it. But, yes, they need to do better than McAuliffe.