An open letter to Pat Robertson

[lilfluff]

Dear Pat Robertson,

Please never attempt to represent me on matters of faith, on matters of national pride, or on any other matter whatsoever. For if you had listened to even the slightest grain of true faith, wisdom, or empathy you would not have uttered those hateful, shameful, and Christ hating words. You claim to be Christian and to believe in God. May I recommend that this would be a good time to close your own mouth, to go into private as directed by your claimed savior, and there to beg forgiveness and ask for wisdom and empathy.

For, to borrow and gently modify a phrase from your fellow paleo-conservatives, when you act like this the devil wins. These words do nothing to advance the word of God and everything to aid that which is destructive of anything humanly or spiritually good.

Comments

[l-the-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a culturally Jewish Buddhist, thank you for being a good Christian.

[lilfluff.livejournal.com]

At this point I decline to truly recognize him as a Christian. Therefor I find him more an embarrassment to humanity. But, he's got a fair number of followers who claim him and themselves as Christian so it still (sadly) has to addressed from that front.

It's sad to see how many miss such bits of wisdom that a Christian ought to know such as... Oh, the ever classic Thou Shalt Not Lie (How they can get so stressed over whether or not the ten commandments are displayed in courtrooms or classrooms, yet forget about them the rest of the time).

I make no claim of being perfect. No human is perfect, particularly not me. But I like to think I do reasonably well at the basics. Heck, I manage to follow Wheaton's law (Don't be a dick) most of the time and that pretty much covers a good chunk of the basics requested by nearly any religion.

[l-the-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Of course no one is perfect. There wouldn't be any point if we were XD

Buddhism is basically "You worry too much about stupid shit. Just don't be a dick and it'll work out."

[jakesbrain.livejournal.com]

By no means does Robertson speak for all conservatives. Most of us also think he's an asshole -- and that he's due for a terrible surprise when he finally kicks the bucket.

[lilfluff.livejournal.com]

Oh, there is definitely a reason I use paleo-conservative instead of simply conservative.

I have no problem with the actual thinking varieties of Conservative and Liberal. The ones that seem to be playing to the other sides stereotypes on the other hand... Unfortunately at the moment both major parties (and near as I can tell) seem to be lead by people who consider anything other than parroting party platform (and who strive to have said platform be as extreme a view as possible) to be a vice.