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Post by hibernicus on Jan 15, 2010 16:59:32 GMT
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Post by Hemingway on Jan 15, 2010 19:32:10 GMT
My thoughts are with those people right now. I have just made a donation to the International Red Cross. I wish the victims all the best.
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Post by Hemingway on Jan 15, 2010 19:49:26 GMT
Well it didnt take Mr Robertson long to try and take a cheap shot at the poor devils in Haiti.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPyyXQN8cG0God punished em cos they was bad........ Contemptable! This makes my blood boil.
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Post by hibernicus on Jan 18, 2010 10:47:06 GMT
I entirely agree with Hemingway on this one. Rev. Robertson is a very nasty example of (a) the tendency of Pentecostalists to believe that they individually are God (b) the thinly-concealed racism found in many Southern US fundamentalist/evangelicals (though how far Robertson can be described as either is questionable) (c) the willingness of many evangelicals/Fundis (with the above caveat) to believe any folkloric story doing the rounds that appeals to them. If one wanted to sink to his level, it might also suggest that white Southern Protestants have received a hereditary curse of stupidity for their ancestors' slaveholding (only kidding!) Lest anyone still be tempted to take Robertson seriously, as I once did before I knew anything much about him, I add that he has in the past compromised his pro-life principles for the sake of his business relations with the Chinese government, and has had dealings with some very dubious African regimes.
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