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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Sat Sep 8, 2018, 01:43 PM Sep 2018

Pat Robertson is even creepier than you thought!!!!

From the online newsletter Church and State: Pat Robertson: Non-Religious Children Should Be Beaten Until They Respect Christian Beliefs:

In another example demonstrating that Pat Robertson believes in persecuting non-Christians and indoctrinating children, the televangelist openly suggested that parents should beat their kids until they respect Christian beliefs.

During yet another shameful episode of the 700 Club, which runs on Disney-owned channel ABC Family, Robertson received an email from a woman who claimed that her grandson disrespects their Christian faith when they visit their daughter on Christmas and chose not to visit this past year.

“We declined going to our daughter’s house on Christmas this year because there is always an argument, hard feelings etc.,” viewer Karen wrote.

“One grandchild comes high on marijuana, cursing and challenging our faith. I correct him and have told my daughter to ask him to respect our beliefs, but he keeps it up. Our daughter says she is a Christian but will drink too much and offend her daughter and her husband. Were we wrong to not to attend another Christmas that leaves us upset or someone angry? I have shared my beliefs many times with them and am ridiculed by this grandson and son-in-law.”

Robertson’s immediate solution? Beat the child until he respects Christianity.

“Somebody take that kid to the woodshed and let him understand the blessings of discipline,” Robertson advised before predicting that the kid would end up in prison if a strong male figure didn’t start beating him right away.

Or.............instead of beating the kid, you could just show him this picture:

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Pat Robertson is even creepier than you thought!!!! (Original Post) LongTomH Sep 2018 OP

Not really. He is just as creepy as I thought, and MineralMan Sep 2018 #1

No Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #2

One way creep Cartoonist Sep 2018 #3

Actually he's not. gibraltar72 Sep 2018 #4

Sounds like par for the course Pat Robertson The Genealogist Sep 2018 #5

Patty loves to promote beatings (must have been fun CharleyDog Sep 2018 #6

Beating "the fear of God" into your kids Runningdawg Sep 2018 #7

Why would anyone let another parent discipline your own kid? marylandblue Sep 2018 #8

Lots of schools and daycare facilities still use corporal punishment Major Nikon Sep 2018 #10

Schools and daycares can't hit or even yell at children in my state, thank the legislature. marylandblue Sep 2018 #11

Lotta that going around in the when I was a little kid in the 60s, though it was on its way out. Iggo Sep 2018 #12

In a cult Runningdawg Sep 2018 #13

You're talking about parents who are trying to prevent Mariana Sep 2018 #15

He's just saying what a lot of Christians believe Major Nikon Sep 2018 #9

"mah maw an paw yousta slap me longside mah hed with a crowbar or twobyfour struggle4progress Sep 2018 #14

MineralMan

(147,569 posts)

1. Not really. He is just as creepy as I thought, and

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 01:52 PM

Sep 2018

this particular thing is only a sample. His creepiness passeth all understanding.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. No

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 02:24 PM

Sep 2018

I have always found him to be several magnitudes worse than reprehensible, so he is not creepier than I think.

Cartoonist

(7,529 posts)

3. One way creep

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 02:36 PM

Sep 2018

I correct him and have told my daughter to ask him to respect our beliefs, but he keeps it up.
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I wonder what she means by correcting him. And why can't she respect his beliefs?

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)

4. Actually he's not.

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 02:53 PM

Sep 2018

The Genealogist

(4,736 posts)

5. Sounds like par for the course Pat Robertson

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 03:49 PM

Sep 2018

He has been spewing this kind of crap for decades, when he is not blaming natural disasters on homosexual people.

CharleyDog

(768 posts)

6. Patty loves to promote beatings (must have been fun

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 03:56 PM

Sep 2018

in his family)

He has said beat the wife for disobeying the husband, beat the sons for not being manly enough, keep the lesbians away from the children, especially at Thanksgiving. Why enjoy a nice dinner with family when you can line them up for beatings?

Runningdawg

(4,613 posts)

7. Beating "the fear of God" into your kids

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 04:13 PM

Sep 2018

Is just good Baptist parenting. And when your parents aren't around they give other church members permission to do it also.
Been there, done that, have the scars to prove it.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

8. Why would anyone let another parent discipline your own kid?

Reply to Runningdawg (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 04:32 PM

Sep 2018

Not talking about the beating, which inexcusable, but discipline in general is a parents' job not some random adult's.

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)

10. Lots of schools and daycare facilities still use corporal punishment

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 06:51 PM

Sep 2018

The biggest reason why children are the only living things you can legally beat is because the bible says to do it.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

11. Schools and daycares can't hit or even yell at children in my state, thank the legislature.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #10)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 07:50 PM

Sep 2018

Iggo

(48,262 posts)

12. Lotta that going around in the when I was a little kid in the 60s, though it was on its way out.

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 09:50 PM

Sep 2018

Runningdawg

(4,613 posts)

13. In a cult

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 01:40 PM

Sep 2018

everyone's kids are YOUR kids. Sort of a fucked up version of it takes a village....

Mariana

(15,094 posts)

15. You're talking about parents who are trying to prevent

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 04:22 PM

Sep 2018

their kids from going to hell. They'll allow all kinds of scary things to be done to their kids. Wouldn't you, if you sincerely believed they were at risk of being tortured for eternity?

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)

9. He's just saying what a lot of Christians believe

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Sep 8, 2018, 06:48 PM

Sep 2018

The moral compass Christians use commands them to beat children up to and including execution for disrespecting their parents.

struggle4progress

(120,241 posts)

14. "mah maw an paw yousta slap me longside mah hed with a crowbar or twobyfour

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 03:50 PM

Sep 2018

whenever they knowed i needed slappin an you kin see it ain't done did me no harm nowise!"

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