The 700 Club

[mattking]

Sup everyone!!! I just want to say first that this seems to be a great forum and I'm glad to be a part of it. I've just wanted to tell you about a news show i've recently discovered on ABC family called the 700 club. I'm not sure if everyone knows about this already but this is a great news show. They discuss all the issues that are discussed on the big news channels along with some news that i haven't heard on the others. Pat Robertson is the anchor for the show. Along with that they have very inspirational stories on this show. So far I've only watched two of these but they have inspired me greatly.
I highly recommend the show, and it comes on at 10:00 pm central time on ABC family. Enjoy!







It comes on at 10pm central time on ABC family.

 

[USincognito]

Don't take this the wrong way, but have you been living in a box your whole life? I can't believe there are people out there who haven't seen or heard of The 700 Club. Pat did run for president in 1988 and has been highly visibile since then.

 

[brinley45cal]

I watch it about everyday i find it to be very informative.And it gives the news from a christian point of view.

 

[mattking]

Don't take this the wrong way, but have you been living in a box your whole life? I can't believe there are people out there who haven't seen or heard of The 700 Club. Pat did run for president in 1988 and has been highly visibile since then.

I know i've just discovered it and i've obviously never heard of it before. And i was born in 1986, i haven't kept up with the news since then besides the big stuff (until recently with iraq), and it's only been lately that i've tried to find a Christian-based news source with all the news networks trying to push stuff that i don't agree with. I did a search of the forum and had no results when a searched about the show so i assumed it wasn't very well known.

 

[USincognito]

I know i've just discovered it and i've obviously never heard of it before. And i was born in 1986, i haven't kept up with the news since then besides the big stuff (until recently with iraq), and it's only been lately that i've tried to find a Christian-based news source with all the news networks trying to push stuff that i don't agree with. I did a search of the forum and had no results when a searched about the show so i assumed it wasn't very well known.

The bold part of your quote explains a lot. I wasn't really all that familiar with him until after I started attending college (about the time of his '88 run). The 700 Club is basically The Today Show with a fundamentalist Christian weltanschauung.

The blue part of you quote always struck me as odd. What do you mean "push stuff you don't agree with?" You mean like report objectively on gay marriage and stuff? You do realize that news that's not reported objectively is propaganda right?

For the record, I tune in for the first few minutes at least most weekday myself. I might wind up yelling at my television, but I want to keep an eye on the religious right.

 

[mattking]

The bold part of your quote explains a lot. I wasn't really all that familiar with him until after I started attending college (about the time of his '88 run). The 700 Club is basically The Today Show with a fundamentalist Christian ...weltanschauung.

The blue part of you quote always struck me as odd. What do you mean "push stuff you don't agree with?" You mean like report objectively on gay marriage and stuff? You do realize that news that's not reported objectively is propaganda right?

For the record, I tune in for the first few minutes at least most weekday myself. I might wind up yelling at my television, but I want to keep an eye on the religious right.

I do see what you're saying. That issue and many others that they focus on just disgust me. I'm just tired of having their thoughts and opinions shoved down my throat. I know I can simply just change the channel but when i do watch the news I can't believe some of the absurd things they talk about. That's basically what i mean by my statement. I just think it's relieving to find a good Christian based news show, that's all i'm trying to get out.

 

[PaladinValer]

Pat Robertson isn't much of a Christian...the man has deceived many people and his attitude is perhaps one of the worst for a "Christian's" that I've ever seen.

I avoid the show like the Plague.

 

[mattking]

Pat Robertson isn't much of a Christian...the man has deceived many people and his attitude is perhaps one of the worst for a "Christian's" that I've ever seen.

I avoid the show like the Plague.

Oh that's interesting. You could give me a few details about him? I think it's still good to watch the show for the message.

 

[PaladinValer]

mattking, Pat Robertson has been known to use those "donations" to expland his financial empire in Africa in local diamond mines there.

Robertson has also frequently broken the law in terms of financial contributions to presidential candidates and still does today.

Lastly, Pat Roberson is linked to what is called "Christian Reconstrictionism," a heretical "branch" of "Christianity" that calls for the US to become a Christian theocracy under Reconstructionist doctrines and principles. If you don't meet up to their beliefs and continue to practice your own ideals or beliefs, be they Judaism, Catholicism, do AIDs research, etc, under their proposed laws, you would be arrested, tried, and possibly executed for your "crime." They would also reinstitute slavery as an added bonus.

These three points alone are why I do not watch or listen to Pat Robertson.

 

[mattking]

mattking, Pat Robertson has been known to use those "donations" to expland his financial empire in Africa in local diamond mines there.

Robertson has also frequently broken the law in terms of financial contributions to presidential candidates and still does today.

Lastly, Pat Roberson is linked to what is called "Christian Reconstrictionism," a heretical "branch" of "Christianity" that calls for the US to become a Christian theocracy under Reconstructionist doctrines and principles. If you don't meet up to their beliefs and continue to practice your own ideals or beliefs, be they Judaism, Catholicism, do AIDs research, etc, under their proposed laws, you would be arrested, tried, and possibly executed for your "crime." They would also reinstitute slavery as an added bonus.

These three points alone are why I do not watch or listen to Pat Robertson.

Man that is really shocking news. I don't know if i want the show now. Thanks for the info.

 

[PaladinValer]

It gets worse;, instead of blaming religious intolerance, extremism, and Al-Quada for 9/11, he blames:

1. Democrats
2. Pro-Choicers
3. GLBTs and their supporters for equal rights
4. Followers of non-his-type-of-Christianity religions (including Atheism, different forms of Paganism, and probably Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern/Oriental Orthodoxy, and other "cult-like" Christian Churches [his opinion of course])
5. A load of others that had absolutely nothing to do with the travesty

Regardless of a Christian's view on the GLBTs, abortion, etc, its pretty clear that they had nothing to do with the attack, although IMO, its fair to say that Robertson's own fanaticism isn't much different than of that which caused the terrorist attack to occur in the first place.

 

[adamdavid]

Paladin,
I'll admit, he's a bit of an exremist... one can figure that much out from watching the 700 club (which, I watch because while some of it comes from a semi-extremist point of view, most of the information is good, and I quite honestly believe that the people behind the show are doing it because they honestly believe that it is what God has called them to do...), but where is your evidence of this "diamond mining in Africa" stuff, and his promotion of slavery...??? I've never heard about this...

abundant blessings...
AdamDavid

 

[USincognito]

Adam. I'm not going to post a link because it might be a rule violation, but if you put anti+pat+robertson into google, you'll get a page that details Robertson's dealings with Zaire dictator Mbutu Sese Seko regarding the use of planes from Robertson's relief organization for diamond mining operations.

 

[PaladinValer]

Its an established fact that much of his "donations" that should have gone to his many "ministries" instead found its way to diamond mining and thus, back to finance his own personal coffers.

In addition, it is an equally well established fact that he has been tied to the "Christian" Reconstructionist movement for many years now, which is a movement that does plan, if they were to ever gain power, reestablish slavery in the US.

If you don't believe me, do a websearch using the words "Pat Robertson" and "diamonds" for the first and "Pat Robertson" and "Reconstructionism" for the second.

Pat Robertson, IMO, is not a person to be trusted, especially as a "Christian."

 

[PaladinValer]

mattking, unfortunately, most "Christian-news" services are either:

1. Run by corrupt "Christian" extremists or heretics-in-desguise
2. Very conservative and doctrinal
3. A mixture of 1 and 2.

Now if you are looking for a more conservative news source that doesn't bow down to any church's doctrine, I'd suggest FOX news.

If you want a more balanced news source, I'd go with CNN.

If you want to see some foreign takes on the news (and I'm assuming you are from the US), I'd suggest the BBC in America channel if you have access to it.

If you want to see a more liberal news source, I suggest you read my city's (Rochester, NY) free newspaper "The City." The only unbiased articles they got is the "News of the Weird" section which I am a huge fan of.