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Related: About this forumPat Robertson Tells Man to Beat his Wife, Move to Saudi Arabia
Well, it was a joke in poor taste. I think his psyche evaluation of a person he's never seen or talked to is even worse. What an idiot.
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Pat Robertson Tells Man to Beat his Wife, Move to Saudi Arabia (Original Post)
Lars77
Sep 2012
OP
'I don't think we condone wife beating these days, but something's got to be done...'
tomm2thumbs
Sep 2012
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tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)1. 'I don't think we condone wife beating these days, but something's got to be done...'
from his mouth, not mine
sounds like a wink and a nod to try wife beating on for size
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)2. Simon Bar Sinister from the Underdog cartoon
Robertson has always reminded me of Simon Bar Sinister from the Underdog cartoon . . . his voice sounds just like Simons. And this rant sounds like something a fictitious evil villain would say. Unfortunately, he really said. He has lost his mind.
lumpy
(13,704 posts)3. The senile old fool can't even come up with an answer to the man's problem.
Old preachers should just fade away.
bpollen
(110 posts)4. Pathological Robertson
Well, as a Christian, you are cool if you want to get a female slave and beat her (but not so badly that she can't get up in a day or two.) Leviticus - proof that God was on break when the Bible was written.
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)5. Why are any televangelists followed any more?!
Oh look, a list of evangelical scandals...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_involving_evangelical_Christians
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)6. Pat Robinson needs to be taken off the Air! And Mitt Romney should be asked his feelngs on this
Becasue Pat did have a front row seat to Mitts latest Campaign stomp