Pat Robertson must have foot in mouth disease, or suffer from dementia, unless he is just plain insane. In my opinion his ideas and teaching are extremely wrong.
While some believers may trust in an angry, vengeful God, I think most do not. What God would punish innocent people in Haiti for things supposedly done generations ago?
I know there are places in the old testament about God's wrath some will reference in an attempt to prove this concept valid.
But this is a negative God, not one of love. This god's love is extremely conditional. This god believes in the concept of "the sins of our father", sort of a negative way of paying it forward. This god wants us to live in fear, pass judgments, punish offenders mercilessly including entire extended families.
How are these ideas different that those of the extremists we are to be so afraid of.
Excellent commentary on the hypocrisy found within Christianity. Using God to justify attitudes that harm people and make people feel bad is no different than the people who use their beliefs and attitudes about God to justify killing and blowing other people up.
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