Pat Robertson is dead

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Pat Robertson died this morning at the age of 93:

Religious US broadcaster Pat Robertson dies at 93

The evangelical Christian ran for president and helped put religion at the heart of Republican politics.

www.bbc.com

Good riddance, IMO.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I wish his family strength and peace.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Keep us apprised if there is any change in his condition.
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[exchemist]

Pat Robertson died this morning at the age of 93:

Religious US broadcaster Pat Robertson dies at 93

The evangelical Christian ran for president and helped put religion at the heart of Republican politics.

www.bbc.com

Good riddance, IMO.

Hear hear.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I wish his family strength and peace.

May reflecting on their patriarch's legacy lead them to sincere repentance for their role in it.

 

[Debater Slayer]

May reflecting on their patriarch's legacy lead them to sincere repentance for their role in it.

I would hope that anyone who had a role in the harm he caused reconsiders their views now that he has passed. In my opinion, evangelical extremism has been one of the greatest sources of suffering in the 21st century.

 

[Thrillobyte]

Boo-hoo!

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I don't like to speak ill of the dead, so I hope that those who cared for him are comforted.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I don't like to speak ill of the dead...

I struggle to understand this logic.

Not directing this at you specifically, but people say they don't like to speak ill of the dead, yet take no issue speaking ill of the living. This is sad, no?

 

[Yerda]

If there's a hell he's in it.

 

[Stevicus]

Where do televangelists go after they die? I guess Robertson would be with people like Oral Roberts and Jerry Falwell now.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I wish his family strength and peace.

Me as well. May his atoms go on to new adventures.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I struggle to understand this logic.

Not directing this at you specifically, but people say they don't like to speak ill of the dead, yet take no issue speaking ill of the living. This is sad, no?

Yes, perhaps it is a bit of an oddity. But I consider it this way -- the living can at the very least defend themselves if I speak ill of them incorrectly.

Pat Robertson did and said a lot of things about my community (LGBTQ+) that I did not think very highly of. I hope that those who listened to him will now at least have the opportunity to reconsider what they took from his teaching.

 

[Ashoka]

He said harmful things, and did harmful things. Still, I wish his soul peace.

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय ।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Oṁ asato mā sadgamaya
tamasomā jyotir gamaya
mrityormāamritam gamaya
Oṁ śhānti śhānti śhāntiḥ

Om,
Lead me from the unreal to the real,
Lead me from darkness to light,
Lead me from death to immortality.
May peace be, may peace be, may peace be.

 

[Sand Dancer]

Where do televangelists go after they die? I guess Robertson would be with people like Oral Roberts and Jerry Falwell now.

A special hell where Satan is televised every day and asks for money.

 

[Twilight Hue]

If there's a hell he's in it.

I can imagine upon seeing Jesus, "Well done my good and loyal servant" reaching out his hand, and just before grabbing his hand, the rest of the oxygen leaves the brain and all goes dark.

 

[Muffled]

Pat Robertson died this morning at the age of 93:

Religious US broadcaster Pat Robertson dies at 93

The evangelical Christian ran for president and helped put religion at the heart of Republican politics.

www.bbc.com

Good riddance, IMO.

I believe he will be back. He is irrepressible.

 

[Muffled]

I would hope that anyone who had a role in the harm he caused reconsiders their views now that he has passed. In my opinion, evangelical extremism has been one of the greatest sources of suffering in the 21st century.

I believe I have met many people who were saved by televangelism.

 

[Muffled]

If there's a hell he's in it.

I believe there is a hell and he is not in it.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I believe I have met many people who were saved by televangelism.

Yes. The televangelist themselves, saved from poverty.