This is a great point. I have watched both Falwell and Robertson. In my opinion the ONLY reason a woman is on Robertson's show is to draw the female crowd. They use fear of death and the afterlife to scare people into sending in money, especially elderly people. It is a family business, Roberson's son is moving right into the CEO position in dad's footsteps. Same old rhetoric, same old story. I would love to know how much money those guys make.
I find it fascinating that people can draw so many greatly different conclusions about what the Bible really means (if anything). That is the beauty of a document written in a circular fashion. Like a Nostrodamus prediction. You can interpret it to mean what YOU, the reader, (or ruler) want it to mean. It seems to me to be full of metaphors and eponyms, like Samson and Delilah, Sodom and Gomorrah, David and Goliath, etc. (old Testament) or Revelations (new Testament). It seems strange that you get to kind of pick what you want to believe in. Let's see, I don't want to follow the Old Testament, that does not fit for me, I don't want an eye for eye today. Maybe I will try the New Testament, turn the other cheek. Oops, those damn Taliban, now let's get that Old Testament back out and kick some ass. (btw, anyone know where the word testament comes from? Look it up, interesting reading.) No, I cannot imagine living in a world where a leader like Robertson (or Falwell) makes the rules. -Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:16 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Falwell like the Taliban ( was Re[2]: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > The taliban are oppressive fundamentalists in their views. > There are different facets of the Taliban, and in this context it should > be obvious which such facets are being referred to. > > The Taliban are narrowminded and obtuse in their religions views and > laws.Similarly, so is Falwell's views. Extrapolate this to living under > a state guided by Falwell's principles. > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I disagree wholeheartedly with that statement. I'm no fan of Falwell or > > Robertson, but I don't see them advocating killing people from other > religions. I don't see them condemning women from receiving an > education or participating in the workforce. I certainly don't see them > > in support of organizations that murder innocent civilians or building a > > rebellious and violent movement to overthrow the government to force all > > Americans to subscribe to their religious beliefs. I don't believe that > > they support terrorism of any kind. If you have proof contrary to this > then I'd like to see it. But to equate Robertson and Falwell to Bin > Laden or the Taliban is frankly narrow minded and obtuse. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
