tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post8028776038842623088..comments2023-05-12T04:18:21.875-04:00Comments on Googling God...: I wouldn't want to spend eternity with Pat Robertson's GodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-51718277835405673672010-01-13T23:38:39.236-05:002010-01-13T23:38:39.236-05:00Via Facebook
From Mary Capers Bledsoe
"Hone...Via Facebook<br /><br />From Mary Capers Bledsoe<br /><br />"Honestly, I don't think we used to be like this. How is it possible that we have gotten to the point that our political, cultural, religious, ethnic, and national identities have become so polarized that everything - EVERYTHING - can be twisted into fodder to fan these sick flames? Good Lord. Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson made it very difficult for me to maintain my "we are all children of God" worldview today."god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-51820677401408151022010-01-13T23:38:02.437-05:002010-01-13T23:38:02.437-05:00Via Facebook:
From hannah Floyd:
"I cannot ...Via Facebook:<br /><br />From hannah Floyd:<br /><br />"I cannot believe what he said. Disasters occur. It happens, and it is horrible when it does. I find it despicable that someone is willing to just go and be so insensitive and offensive as to claim that the event is a result of a "deal with the devil." Newsflash, Pat Robinson... Haiti is situated on a fault line between two techtonic plates. That is why this happened. Instead of myaking the problem worse by adding insult to injury, be helpful and proactive. Donate money to relief funds and provide emotional support for those who have experienced such a horrible event and the losses associated with it. "god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-1782108267598950492010-01-13T22:36:30.166-05:002010-01-13T22:36:30.166-05:00Whew---see what happens when I break for dinner. ...Whew---see what happens when I break for dinner. Wow! Thanks for all the comments today folks.<br /><br />Ann and Joe Howard really spoke for me.<br /><br />I'll add two final comments from me.<br /><br />1) I love Jane and her passion. Don't agree with most of it but I love the fact that she's willing to talk with me. <br /><br />2) I'm going to ask a Biblical Scholar to comment on God's wrath in the upcoming days. My sense is that people tried to explain much of the bad things that happened to them by attributing them to God's wrath. The psalms jane cited don't really mention that God ACTUALLY rained down fire but rather it's more wishful thinking. The author is suggesting or even pleading for a God of justice to act upon those who don't stand up for what's right.<br /><br />As for Chronicles, I'll honestly admit that I don't know much about this book--but we has a scholar write about it on BustedHalo so here's a bit of what the book's about: <br /><br />http://www.bustedhalo.com/googling-god/bible-boot-camp/old-testament/historical-books-1-2-chronicles<br /><br />So Catholics have a great tradition of biblical scholarship that they often get no credit for. The bottom line is that studying the bible takes a lot of effort and we can't just take random quotes out of context. We (read all of us) should consult those who know far more than we do before we start throwing random quotes around from the good book.god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-26878618583292092412010-01-13T22:25:50.446-05:002010-01-13T22:25:50.446-05:00Jane, that's not snarky...that's just good...Jane, that's not snarky...that's just good advice.god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-5003860288811804962010-01-13T22:24:49.121-05:002010-01-13T22:24:49.121-05:00Via Facebook
From Joe Marotta
May the Lord bles...Via Facebook<br /><br />From Joe Marotta <br /><br />May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen!god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-13974318542700469972010-01-13T22:23:53.038-05:002010-01-13T22:23:53.038-05:00Via Facebook:
From Scot Foley
Well said, Mike.Via Facebook:<br /><br />From Scot Foley <br /><br />Well said, Mike.god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-30444574429792994562010-01-13T22:23:30.313-05:002010-01-13T22:23:30.313-05:00Via Facebook
From: Brett Loney
Has Pat Robertson...Via Facebook<br />From: Brett Loney <br /><br />Has Pat Robertson ever actually read the Gospels? Interesting that he is one of the richest people in Virginia. Hatred and bigotry have certainly filled his wallet, at least in this life.god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-42537437579386484522010-01-13T22:23:05.626-05:002010-01-13T22:23:05.626-05:00Via Facebook:
From Joe Howard
I think God made ...Via Facebook:<br /><br />From Joe Howard <br /><br />I think God made His position on divine retribution clear when He inspired the author of the Book of Job, about 7,000 years ago...<br />and as far as people who try to interpret God's actions:<br />"And it came to pass after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'I am angry with you and with your two friends; for you have not spoken rightly concerning me, as has my servant Job.'"<br />Job 42:7<br />so if Robertson were right about God's wrath, then he should watch out...god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-58632797314499295212010-01-13T22:22:28.221-05:002010-01-13T22:22:28.221-05:00Via Facebook:
From Joe Marotta
Mike, sigh doesn...Via Facebook:<br /><br />From Joe Marotta <br /><br />Mike, sigh doesn't even cover it! I guess when I was praying the Office of Readings this morning, Jane would say I wasn't I wasn't really reading the Bible. Psalms 18:2-30. In the Liturgy of the Catholic Church. On the day after the Haitian Earthquake.<br /><br />"Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work" - Anatole Francegod googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-86613048214084246482010-01-13T22:21:57.894-05:002010-01-13T22:21:57.894-05:00Via Facebook
From: Ann LaBeck
"But I forgo...Via Facebook<br /><br />From: Ann LaBeck <br /><br />"But I forgot that Catholics really don't read the Bible." <br /><br />Jane, that was un-necessarily snarky and untrue--not helpful to understanding, much less winning anyone over to your way of thinking. Broad generalizations like that only serve to create polarization.<br /><br />The citations that you listed are, indeed, part of Scripture, but so are these, which you left out:<br /><br />"There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land." Deuteronomy 15:11<br /><br />"Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?" Job 30:25<br /><br />"But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish." Psalm 9:18<br /><br />Interestingly, you referenced nothing from the New Testament....<br /><br />I've already cited Matt. 25 above.<br /><br />But you could also read:<br /><br />"If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." 1 John 3:17-18<br /><br />"When Jesus heard this, he said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'" Luke 18:22<br /><br />There are too many others to list from both OT and NT Scriptures. I'm Catholic, proud of it, and I do, indeed, read and teach the Bible---to lots and lots of Catholics.<br /><br />Mother Teresa always spoke of the poor as "Jesus in distressing disguise." If I read the Matt. 25 part of the Bible correctly, Jesus said very specifically who God's wrath would come down on----those who refuse to help the poor--because, as Jesus said clearly, they are Him.god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-38184083167856615362010-01-13T22:21:13.408-05:002010-01-13T22:21:13.408-05:00Jane...sigh.
If you think that God kills poor peo...Jane...sigh.<br /><br />If you think that God kills poor people for the sake of killing them then I feel sorry for you.<br /><br />And...as Jeanne mentioned above if Robertson thinks that God's wrath would strike the poor fighting for liberation over those who were perpetuating slavery then Robertson must have been good friends with a certain Pharoah in Egypt...god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-39635519703731633972010-01-13T19:02:36.994-05:002010-01-13T19:02:36.994-05:00Jeanne--
Line of the day.
Thanks!Jeanne--<br /><br />Line of the day.<br /><br />Thanks!god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-48404792538713885852010-01-13T18:30:26.968-05:002010-01-13T18:30:26.968-05:00So, his take on the history of Haiti is that the d...So, his take on the history of Haiti is that the devil was on the side of poor fighting for liberation, not the side of those who were perpetuating slavery? Interesting. Mr. Robertson would have been good friends with a certain Pharoah in Egypt...Jeannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-88192619503912003892010-01-13T18:05:58.291-05:002010-01-13T18:05:58.291-05:00Speechless! I just read this over at the dotCommon...Speechless! I just read this over at the dotCommonweal page too. <br /><br />What the &$?# is he thinking when he says that? <br /><br />God have mercy on us all, Pat included and especially on the people of Haiti.<br /><br />FranSt Edwards Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585815864104929974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-59904517322784767782010-01-13T18:03:11.390-05:002010-01-13T18:03:11.390-05:00I have a feeling Pat's response to me would be...I have a feeling Pat's response to me would be:<br /><br />"Don't worry, you won't"god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-63315681853075457782010-01-13T17:57:40.525-05:002010-01-13T17:57:40.525-05:00Via facebook:
From Ann LaBeck
Pat Robertson wil...Via facebook:<br /><br />From Ann LaBeck <br /><br />Pat Robertson will meet Jesus at some point, in disguise as a Haitian earthquake victim, and won't quite know what to say when Jesus tells him, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.' Oops.god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-82137043819728363702010-01-13T17:40:20.501-05:002010-01-13T17:40:20.501-05:00Via Facebook
From Dave Wampach
Pat could be the ...Via Facebook<br />From Dave Wampach <br /><br />Pat could be the biggest jackass on the face of the earth. I would love him to say those things to the people of Haiti who have lost loved ones. My parents' parish has a sister parish in Haiti. I had Haitan friends in high school and one of the kindest, gentlest students I ever had was from Haiti. There is nothing Christain in that man's soul.god googlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406526986427583673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19680942.post-14177995259693804922010-01-13T17:06:16.013-05:002010-01-13T17:06:16.013-05:00Well said, Mike! Haiti and her people once witnes...Well said, Mike! Haiti and her people once witnessed to me the depths of HOPE that must reside in all of us who claim to be Christian - and I hope to live this revelation for the rest of my days. May God bless these beautiful people and draw more of us to himself in a spirit of love, compassion, and justice.Kearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131080757610399623noreply@blogger.com