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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 03:27 PM Apr 2013

Robertson: ‘There isn’t anything bigoted’ about calling gay NBA player an abomination

Televangelist Pat Robertson used a portion of his Tuesday 700 Club broadcast to defend an ESPN reporter who said that NBA player Jason Collins was “walking in open rebellion to God” for announcing he was openly gay.

After Collins came out in a Sports Illustrated column published on Monday, ESPN reporter Chris Broussard said that he did not believe that an NBA player could be both openly gay and a Christian.

“If you’re openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, whatever it maybe, I believe that’s walking in open rebellion to God and to Jesus Christ,” Broussard explained. “So I would not characterize that person as a Christian because I don’t think the bible would characterize them as a Christian.”

On Tuesday, Robertson insisted that the ESPN reporter had been correct because “fornication is a sin.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/30/robertson-there-isnt-anything-bigoted-about-calling-gay-nba-player-an-abomination/

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Robertson: ‘There isn’t anything bigoted’ about calling gay NBA player an abomination (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
I consider Robertson an abomination. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #1
Robertson always sends a shiver down my spine Mutiny In Heaven Apr 2013 #2
So Pat's 4 children are evidence Pat is an abomination since you get those through fornication? Johonny Apr 2013 #3
the new religion: everything's ok if the guilty party refuses to confess. unblock Apr 2013 #4
Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. - Mencken Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #5
who is Pat Robertson ? olddots Apr 2013 #6
What happened to love the sinner? cheyanne Apr 2013 #7
Every time Robertson, or anyone of his ilk, madamesilverspurs Apr 2013 #8
Here ya go... RevStPatrick Apr 2013 #12
Close enough! madamesilverspurs Apr 2013 #13
How does he sit there and judge other people like some smug expert Rex Apr 2013 #9
... and the horse you rode in on, Pat. nt stevenleser Apr 2013 #10
Irrelevant old kook get the red out Apr 2013 #11
Oh please get hit with a meteor already, you dinosaur. Matariki Apr 2013 #14
robertson's an idiot who make money off of hate. Cha Apr 2013 #15
What a pig. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #16

unblock

(51,973 posts)
4. the new religion: everything's ok if the guilty party refuses to confess.
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 03:54 PM
Apr 2013

hey, if he think's he's not a bigot, then he couldn't possibly actually be a bigot, right?

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
6. who is Pat Robertson ?
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 04:05 PM
Apr 2013

really who is this non being and why doets he get more notice that a grain of sand?

cheyanne

(733 posts)
7. What happened to love the sinner?
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 04:07 PM
Apr 2013

Homosexuality may be an abomination, according to some religions, but a person is not an abomination. In Christianity a person is a child of god. Could some theologian please put this better for other Christians? Also, why is this sexual practice called an abomination when other proscribed sexual sins are just sins???

madamesilverspurs

(15,782 posts)
8. Every time Robertson, or anyone of his ilk,
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 04:19 PM
Apr 2013

spews their anti-gay ungospel, I'm reminded of a cartoon that came out following Jerry Falwell's sudden demise. It showed Falwell sauntering up to the Pearly Gates, where he was met by St. Peter in the person of Tinky Winky. Falwell's thought bubble read, simply, "Oh shit." To which I responded, Amen.



Wish I'd saved that cartoon, now I can't find it . . .

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
9. How does he sit there and judge other people like some smug expert
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 04:32 PM
Apr 2013

and then pretend it is because of some words written in a book? I think the jackass just likes pointing fingers and laying false accusations at other peoples feet.

Hey Pat, what does your Bible say about bearing false testimony?

Matthew 19:18 "Which ones?" he inquired. Jesus replied, "'You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony,

Luke 3:14 Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied, "Don't extort money and don't accuse people falsely--be content with your pay."

Exodus 23:1 "Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

Exodus 23: 7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Leviticus 19:11 "'Do not steal. "'Do not lie. "'Do not deceive one another.

Leviticus 19:18 "'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:20 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Proverbs 25:18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.

Pitchforks gonna hurt Pat, think about it.

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