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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobertson: ‘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 youre openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, whatever it maybe, I believe thats walking in open rebellion to God and to Jesus Christ, Broussard explained. So I would not characterize that person as a Christian because I dont 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/
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Mutiny In Heaven
(550 posts)FAR more terrifying than the second scariest "Robertson" of all-time!
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Johonny
(20,674 posts)unblock
(51,973 posts)hey, if he think's he's not a bigot, then he couldn't possibly actually be a bigot, right?
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)really who is this non being and why doets he get more notice that a grain of sand?
cheyanne
(733 posts)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)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 . . .
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,782 posts)Thank you!
Rex
(65,616 posts)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.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)get the red out
(13,458 posts)It must tear him up to see people's mindset advancing in this country.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Piss off you stupid old man.