Pat Robertson lectures Catholic Church on 700 Club

There are many reasons not to watch the 700 Club.

The fact that Pat Robertson commands an audience is despicable. How do people get lured into nutcases like him?

I kinda like him...

This article may change that however...

I saw that interview - that interview of all interviews is the one I watched on TBN when I should have been watching EWTN. I don't know why I stayed on that interview with Robertson, but man, that had me going as well. The guy who was doing talking was an ex-preist (whether that means he's Protestant now, or simply retired, they didn't say) and yeah, some of the things he said really upset me, especially the comment on the Reformation and the corrupt nature of the Church (with regards to the sex-abuse).

It's really upsetting when those networks and the media don't comment on how the majority of abusing is occuring in Protestant churches. Very upsetting - but as I have heard before, the Catholic Church is the last acceptable American bias.

Anyway - gotta go.

-Spotty

He is not a nutcase at all, imho. Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean they are a nutcase. Pat has really helped me understand the news from a good Christian perspective. I appreciate his program tremendously. But if I were in your postion, guess I'd feel the same.

I am not especially ofnd of Robertson; I don't think his witness is a good one.

Ummm...I think he is definitely not a nut case! I certainly do think that interview was not by accident either. He has an agenda unfortunately. For Pat to question priestly celibacy is like me telling Jews I don't think they should wear the yamika. If he isn't a Catholic, it shouldn't be of his concern. Note, I'm not saying he should not be concerned with pedophilia, but I don't think he has any interest in telling the Church what to do as he obviously rejects her.

Motor City Christian said:

He is not a nutcase at all, imho. Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean they are a nutcase. Pat has really helped me understand the news from a good Christian perspective. I appreciate his program tremendously. But if I were in your postion, guess I'd feel the same.

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He may not be a nutcase, and he may have a lot of good things to say . .

But he is acting very irresponsibly by airing such a program . . VERY irresponsibly! And he will be held accountable by God for doing so . .


Peace in Him!

He's been irresponsible lately in a lot of things he's said, like how God told him Bush will win the election and is on Bush's side?!?

Bastoune said:

He's been irresponsible lately in a lot of things he's said, like how God told him Bush will win the election and is on Bush's side?!?

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That's what happens with Protestant relativism.

Bastoune said:

He's been irresponsible lately in a lot of things he's said, like how God told him Bush will win the election and is on Bush's side?!?

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Oh brother! God should have told him to get a hair cut so he quits resembling the Keebler elf.

If Pat is gullible enough to swallow what this guy told him (and it is completely wrong) and accept it as truth, it makes me wonder how accurate his political analyses are, and what they're based on.

I don't really pay too much attention to Pat Robertson one way or the other, but if he's too lazy to even do some rudimentary research on what the Catholic Church actually teaches and depends instead on what an ex-priest crackpot tells him, it makes me wonder about his gullibility level.

Will you look at this!??!?! This guy claims that he was once Catholic? To have sexual desires is to break a vow of celibacy? That's like saying being hungry is a violation of a fast!


“According to Sipe, only 10 percent of priests are celibate. How did he arrive at this figure? Sipe, who calls his work ‘guerrilla research’ (meaning he uses anecdotes given to him in his role as shrink), defines violations of celibacy to include ‘sexual thoughts and desires.’ The wonder is why there are as many as 10 percent of priests who have never experienced such desires. And what is going to happen to the 90 percent who are guilty? They’re going straight to Hell: ‘You see,’ Sipe says, ‘one thing about the Catholic teaching is that every sexual thought, or desire, or action, is mortally sinful. Every action, no matter how small, no matter how nuanced, will send a person directly to Hell.’

Wolseley said:

If Pat is gullible enough to swallow what this guy told him (and it is completely wrong) and accept it as truth, it makes me wonder how accurate his political analyses are, and what they're based on.

I don't really pay too much attention to Pat Robertson one way or the other, but if he's too lazy to even do some rudimentary research on what the Catholic Church actually teaches and depends instead on what an ex-priest crackpot tells him, it makes me wonder about his gullibility level.

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Oh, I think he is crafty when it comes to us Catholics. There are things he cannot say, so he invites guests to say them and allow the remark to stand. By keeping quiet, his viewers assume the expressed views are valid and Pat agrees with them.

Personally, I like to steer away from this insiduous Catholic vs. Protestant grumbling. It reminds me of the Gospel story of the disciples arguing among themselves about who is the greatest. It is disturbing to peace and prayer life, unseemly and decidedly unChrist-like. God bless us Christians. Please.

LOL Innerphyre!

I'll have to go along with you there, Toney.

PeterPaul said:

That's what happens with Protestant relativism.

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Ok, I am not trying to pick a fight here, but what is Protestant relativism in your definition?

Motor City Christian said:

Ok, I am not trying to pick a fight here, but what is Protestant relativism in your definition?

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Making one's personal interpretation of Scripture one's God...everything is relative in Protestantism based on personal interpretation and what it means to an individual alone apart from the Body of Christ and teaching authority -- cf. Eph. 4 & 1 Cor. 12; Luke 10:16... (Calvinists and Arminians read the same Bible and come to totally opposite conclusions, for example...)

one thing about the Catholic teaching is that every sexual thought, or desire, or action, is mortally sinful. Every action, no matter how small, no matter how nuanced, will send a person directly to Hell.’

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Can thats guy find where THIS is stated anywhere by the Church?!?!?!?

Bastoune said:

Making personal interpretation of Scripture your God...everything is relative in Protestantism based on personal interpretation and what it means to you apart from the Body of Christ and teaching authority -- cf. Eph. 4 & 1 Cor. 12; Luke 10:16... (Calvinists and Arminians read the same Bible and come to totally opposite conclusions, for example...)

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I think that could have been put more diplomatically.