tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post113708075947548527..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: The silence afterward is more telling than the storm (AND UPDATE).Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137422226878695012006-01-16T06:37:00.000-08:002006-01-16T06:37:00.000-08:00Eli,I cannot disagree with anything you said. It ...Eli,<BR/><BR/>I cannot disagree with anything you said. It is all reasonable and religiously relevant.<BR/><BR/>However, I believe that sometimes God does intervene in our lives. Sometimes he performs a miracle and answers prayer. And sometimes he uses discipline or correction when his followers get out of line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137225087621937322006-01-13T23:51:00.000-08:002006-01-13T23:51:00.000-08:00Eddie81,You and Rev. Pat have every right to read ...Eddie81,<BR/><BR/>You and Rev. Pat have every right to read the Bible however you want. But don't try to extrapolate it to try and explain (especially in the tasteless manner that Pat Robertson did) everything that happens as being due to God causing it.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, Ariel Sharon was more responsible than anyone else for his stroke, because he was fat, a big eater, knew he had a heart problem but didn't change his diet, and he didn't exercise. If you want to blame God, then you have that right, but very few people are going to buy into that.<BR/><BR/>And by the way, I happen to believe the Bible myself. I also know that both the Palestinians (through Ishmael) and the Israelis (through Isaac) believe that they were promised the land when the Lord promised it to Abraham. I blogged on that a couple of weeks ago.<BR/><BR/>But as a believer in the Bible, I don't consider it to be the cause of everything that happens in the world. People cause things to happen by the choices they make (be it to vote a certain way, or Mr. Sharon's choice to keep eating all that cholesterol.) God isn't going to interfere in people's right to make choices, and sometimes to screw things up by making the wrong choice.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137179916033329162006-01-13T11:18:00.000-08:002006-01-13T11:18:00.000-08:00You guys sure do not have many comments on this si...You guys sure do not have many comments on this site that disagree with your own. <BR/><BR/>I happen to be one of the large group of believers who thinks the Bible should be read literally. With that in mind, I thought the comments Mr. Robertson made were interesting. When I went to Job and read them for myself, they made sense. <BR/><BR/>In this case maybe you could try looking past the messenger ("Reverend Pat") and look at the message. It is entirely plausible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137134194033222792006-01-12T22:36:00.000-08:002006-01-12T22:36:00.000-08:00Lily,No I don't think they are planned. They are t...Lily,<BR/><BR/>No I don't think they are planned. They are too stupid to be planned. I think it is much more that Pat should be on medication, but he isn't. <BR/><BR/>Have you ever met some doddering, paranoid, 'old going on senile' codger who still thinks in Cold War terms and is full of bigotry (not of the 'I hate' variety so much as the sanctimonious, 'I know better' variety)? You know, the guy who is full of conspiracy theories and believes that Liberals are out there working for enemy nations, trying to undermine America and enslave every decent, God fearing American? Who spews venom at gays, racial minorities and immigrants in one breath and talks about 'protecting values' in the next?<BR/><BR/>Generally, that guy is a lone loon who people who've heard his ravings once, cross the street to avoid when they see him coming a second time. I believe that Reverend Pat is one of those-- except he has a million followers who actually think that what he saying is the product of revelation from God instead of a diseased mind.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137117626927985962006-01-12T18:00:00.000-08:002006-01-12T18:00:00.000-08:00I wonder if these outrageous statements are intent...I wonder if these outrageous statements are intentional? He sure gets alot of press out of them....When will he retire???:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137109271345687482006-01-12T15:41:00.000-08:002006-01-12T15:41:00.000-08:00Well, you were right (see the update). His God is ...Well, you were right (see the update). His God is Money.<BR/><BR/>I don't watch his show. Apparently PFAW does, so they can release it to the media when he says something outrageous like this (which he's been averaging about once a month lately, having made this one, the remark about black people voting for Democrats named, 'Bubba,' the remark about how the people in Dover, PA shouldn't pray if there is a natural disaster because 'you just rejected God out of your city,' and the Hugo Chavez assassination remark.) I figure for the poor PFAW members who have the duty of sitting there ane monitoring Pat's show waiting for him to say something stupid, it's probably like playing slot machines. You waste a lot of time, but every now and then one of them hits the jackpot.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137089287469118212006-01-12T10:08:00.000-08:002006-01-12T10:08:00.000-08:00Well no doubt the potential profits of a god-a-ram...Well no doubt the potential profits of a god-a-rama theme park will be enough to turn him around. <BR/> They always claim to be 'taken out of context". Which speaks to your point: why not clarify the context then? <BR/> I don't know how you can suffer through his show. I watched it for a few days to catch his reporting on the 'new pro-life feminists' which I posted on but did not see covered much in the blogosphere in the typical venues. I found him to be so irritating, and his constant pushing of health pamphlets...ugh. No, I just can't take it.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689786323490572915noreply@blogger.com