Freethinker
06-05-2006, 10:39 PM
Terrorism - the promotion of violence and hatred against people, institutions and governments.
This definition precisely fits Pat Robertson, one of the foremost promoters and ministers of the Christian religion in the histroy of the United States.
Just because his hatred is hidden in the veil of spiritual belief doesn't mean it's not terrorism. Islamic terrorists also carry out their acts with religious justification.
An Objective Comparison of
Osama bin Laden and Pat Robertson
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Uses religion as justification for his actions
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Uses religion as justification for his actions
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Believed to use diamond smuggling out of Sierra Leone for the funding the al-Qaeda terrorist network. Also, believed to have received help from Charles Taylor of Liberia to market these diamonds. Taylor was trained in Libya was responsible for the bloody invasion of Liberia on Christmas Eve 1989.
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Also uses questionable methods and alliances to fund the his Christian Broadcast Network (CBN). In 1998, Robertson formed Freedom Gold Limited, an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands but based at CBN headquarters in Virginia Beach. It's a gold-mining venture in Liberia in partnership with Charles Taylor (see left). The U.S. and U.N. have condemned Taylor's ties with terrorism. The U.S. imposed economic sanctions on Taylor's Liberian government. The U.N. Security Council also imposed sanctions (according to "Pat Robertson's Gold" Washington Post, 9/21/2001)
Ergo, both bin Laden and Robertson have benefited from associations with Charles Taylor, a person the Washington Post calls "one of the most ruthless, greedy and terror-producing heads of state in all of sub-Saharan Africa"
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Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Promotes intolerance towards many groups and generates hatred toward these groups through his followers. Examples of these groups include: America, England, capitalists, gays, lesbians, women, etc..
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Promotes intolerance towards many groups and generates hatred toward these groups through his followers. Examples of these groups include: ACLU, Planned Parenthood, abortion clinics, Americans for the Separation of Church and State, Atheist and all non-Christians, gays, lesbians, women, etc...
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Harsh religions teachings and intolerance have caused fanatics to murder innocent people in New York, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Florida, Israel, Yemen, Sudan, etc...
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Harsh religions teachings and intolerance have caused fanatics to murder innocent abortion clinic doctors and staff using guns and bombs.
* According to National Abortion Federation statistics, there have been seven murders, 17 attempted murders, 165 arsons and 343 death threats, among other violent acts, made against abortion providers since 1977. (reported by Planned Parenthood, 11/14/2001)
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Anthrax threats, deaths and infections have resulted from mail delivered across America, including the U.S. Congress, American news agencies, the U.S. Justice Dept, the U.S. Supreme Court, etc. All targets of Osama bin Laden's fanatical preaching.
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Anthrax threats and hoax mail have appeared at Planned Parenthood facilities and abortion clinics across America, both targets of Robertson's fanatical preaching. In October 2001, more than 170 hate letters and 132 Federal Express packages containing a powdery substance were mailed to 45 affiliates in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Other pro-choice organizations and reproductive health providers received similar packages.(reported by Planned Parenthood, 11/15/2001)
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Has called on his followers to attack Americans and the U.S. government.
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Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Quotations of a Terrorist-Nature from Pat Robertson: His "Holy War" on American Citizens and their Government;
* "It is interesting, that termites don't build things, and the great builders of our nation almost to a man have been Christians, because Christians have the desire to build something. He is motivated by love of man and God, so he builds. The people who have come into (our) institutions (today) are primarily termites. They are into destroying institutions that have been built by Christians, whether it is universities, governments, our own traditions, that we have.... The termites are in charge now, and that is not the way it ought to be, and the time has arrived for a godly fumigation." (Pat Robertson, New York Magazine, August 18, 1986)
* America was attacked by terrorists "because God Almighty is lifting His protection from us." Rampant secularism, the occult, abortion, the absence of prayer in schools and insults of God "at the highest level of our government" had sent the Almighty over the edge. (Statement posted on his Christian Broadcast Network, CBN, web site.)
* "The strategy against the American radical left should be the same as General Douglas MacArthur employed against the Japanese in the Pacific . . . bypass their strongholds, then surround them, isolate them bombard them, then blast the individuals out of their power bunkers with hand-to-hand combat. The battle for Iwo Jima was not pleasant, but our troops won it. The battle to regain the soul of America won't be pleasant either, but we will win it." ("Pat Robertson's Perspective," April - May, 1992)
* "We at the Christian Coalition are raising an army who cares. We are training people to be effective -- to be elected to school boards, to city councils, to state legislatures, and to key positions in political parties.... By the end of this decade, if we work and give and organize and train, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA." (Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, July 4, 1991)
* "We have enough votes to run the country. And when the people say, "We've had enough," we are going to take over." (Pat Robertson, speech given to the April, 1980 "Washington for Jesus" rally, quoted from Robert Boston, The Most Dangerous Man in America, p. 29)
* "If Christian people work together, they can succeed during this decade in winning back control of the institutions that have been taken from them over the past 70 years. Expect confrontations that will be not only unpleasant but at times physically bloody.... This decade will not be for the faint of heart, but the resolute. Institutions will be plunged into wrenching change. We will be living through one of the most tumultuous periods of human history. When it is over, I am convinced God's people will emerge victorious." (Pat Robertson, Pat Robertson's Perspective octavo 1992)
* "The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian people and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society. And that's what's been happening." (Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, December 30, 1981)
* "Individual Christians are the only ones really -- and Jewish people, those who trust God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob -- are the only ones that are qualified to have the reign, because hopefully, they will be governed by God and submit to Him." (Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, January 11, 1985, defending his stance that only Christians and Jews are fit to hold public office)
* "When I said during my presidential bid that I would only bring Christians and Jews into the government, I hit a firestorm. "What do you mean?" the media challenged me. "You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in the Judeo-Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?" My simple answer is, "Yes, they are." (Pat Robertson, The New World Order, p. 218)
* "There will never be world peace until God's house and God's people are given their rightful place of leadership at the top of the world. How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy moneychangers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?" (Pat Robertson, The New World Order, p. 227, Word Publishing, 1991)
* "The public education movement has also been an anti-Christian movement... We can change education in America if you put Christian principles in and Christian pedagogy in. In three years, you would totally revolutionize education in America." (Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, September 27, 1993)
* "You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them." (Pat Robertson)
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The question for Pat Robertson is the same as the one for Jerry Falwell: -- "How are you different from a "terrorist"?
Why are we allowing Pat Robertson and his purported *religion of peace* to promote intolerance and hatred towards our own citizens? Why don't we take action to stop this?
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This definition precisely fits Pat Robertson, one of the foremost promoters and ministers of the Christian religion in the histroy of the United States.
Just because his hatred is hidden in the veil of spiritual belief doesn't mean it's not terrorism. Islamic terrorists also carry out their acts with religious justification.
An Objective Comparison of
Osama bin Laden and Pat Robertson
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Uses religion as justification for his actions
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Uses religion as justification for his actions
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Believed to use diamond smuggling out of Sierra Leone for the funding the al-Qaeda terrorist network. Also, believed to have received help from Charles Taylor of Liberia to market these diamonds. Taylor was trained in Libya was responsible for the bloody invasion of Liberia on Christmas Eve 1989.
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Also uses questionable methods and alliances to fund the his Christian Broadcast Network (CBN). In 1998, Robertson formed Freedom Gold Limited, an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands but based at CBN headquarters in Virginia Beach. It's a gold-mining venture in Liberia in partnership with Charles Taylor (see left). The U.S. and U.N. have condemned Taylor's ties with terrorism. The U.S. imposed economic sanctions on Taylor's Liberian government. The U.N. Security Council also imposed sanctions (according to "Pat Robertson's Gold" Washington Post, 9/21/2001)
Ergo, both bin Laden and Robertson have benefited from associations with Charles Taylor, a person the Washington Post calls "one of the most ruthless, greedy and terror-producing heads of state in all of sub-Saharan Africa"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Promotes intolerance towards many groups and generates hatred toward these groups through his followers. Examples of these groups include: America, England, capitalists, gays, lesbians, women, etc..
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Promotes intolerance towards many groups and generates hatred toward these groups through his followers. Examples of these groups include: ACLU, Planned Parenthood, abortion clinics, Americans for the Separation of Church and State, Atheist and all non-Christians, gays, lesbians, women, etc...
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Harsh religions teachings and intolerance have caused fanatics to murder innocent people in New York, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Florida, Israel, Yemen, Sudan, etc...
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Harsh religions teachings and intolerance have caused fanatics to murder innocent abortion clinic doctors and staff using guns and bombs.
* According to National Abortion Federation statistics, there have been seven murders, 17 attempted murders, 165 arsons and 343 death threats, among other violent acts, made against abortion providers since 1977. (reported by Planned Parenthood, 11/14/2001)
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Anthrax threats, deaths and infections have resulted from mail delivered across America, including the U.S. Congress, American news agencies, the U.S. Justice Dept, the U.S. Supreme Court, etc. All targets of Osama bin Laden's fanatical preaching.
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Anthrax threats and hoax mail have appeared at Planned Parenthood facilities and abortion clinics across America, both targets of Robertson's fanatical preaching. In October 2001, more than 170 hate letters and 132 Federal Express packages containing a powdery substance were mailed to 45 affiliates in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Other pro-choice organizations and reproductive health providers received similar packages.(reported by Planned Parenthood, 11/15/2001)
Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda Network -- * Has called on his followers to attack Americans and the U.S. government.
.
Pat Robertson (CBN, 700 Club) -- * Quotations of a Terrorist-Nature from Pat Robertson: His "Holy War" on American Citizens and their Government;
* "It is interesting, that termites don't build things, and the great builders of our nation almost to a man have been Christians, because Christians have the desire to build something. He is motivated by love of man and God, so he builds. The people who have come into (our) institutions (today) are primarily termites. They are into destroying institutions that have been built by Christians, whether it is universities, governments, our own traditions, that we have.... The termites are in charge now, and that is not the way it ought to be, and the time has arrived for a godly fumigation." (Pat Robertson, New York Magazine, August 18, 1986)
* America was attacked by terrorists "because God Almighty is lifting His protection from us." Rampant secularism, the occult, abortion, the absence of prayer in schools and insults of God "at the highest level of our government" had sent the Almighty over the edge. (Statement posted on his Christian Broadcast Network, CBN, web site.)
* "The strategy against the American radical left should be the same as General Douglas MacArthur employed against the Japanese in the Pacific . . . bypass their strongholds, then surround them, isolate them bombard them, then blast the individuals out of their power bunkers with hand-to-hand combat. The battle for Iwo Jima was not pleasant, but our troops won it. The battle to regain the soul of America won't be pleasant either, but we will win it." ("Pat Robertson's Perspective," April - May, 1992)
* "We at the Christian Coalition are raising an army who cares. We are training people to be effective -- to be elected to school boards, to city councils, to state legislatures, and to key positions in political parties.... By the end of this decade, if we work and give and organize and train, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA." (Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, July 4, 1991)
* "We have enough votes to run the country. And when the people say, "We've had enough," we are going to take over." (Pat Robertson, speech given to the April, 1980 "Washington for Jesus" rally, quoted from Robert Boston, The Most Dangerous Man in America, p. 29)
* "If Christian people work together, they can succeed during this decade in winning back control of the institutions that have been taken from them over the past 70 years. Expect confrontations that will be not only unpleasant but at times physically bloody.... This decade will not be for the faint of heart, but the resolute. Institutions will be plunged into wrenching change. We will be living through one of the most tumultuous periods of human history. When it is over, I am convinced God's people will emerge victorious." (Pat Robertson, Pat Robertson's Perspective octavo 1992)
* "The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian people and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society. And that's what's been happening." (Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, December 30, 1981)
* "Individual Christians are the only ones really -- and Jewish people, those who trust God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob -- are the only ones that are qualified to have the reign, because hopefully, they will be governed by God and submit to Him." (Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, January 11, 1985, defending his stance that only Christians and Jews are fit to hold public office)
* "When I said during my presidential bid that I would only bring Christians and Jews into the government, I hit a firestorm. "What do you mean?" the media challenged me. "You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in the Judeo-Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?" My simple answer is, "Yes, they are." (Pat Robertson, The New World Order, p. 218)
* "There will never be world peace until God's house and God's people are given their rightful place of leadership at the top of the world. How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy moneychangers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?" (Pat Robertson, The New World Order, p. 227, Word Publishing, 1991)
* "The public education movement has also been an anti-Christian movement... We can change education in America if you put Christian principles in and Christian pedagogy in. In three years, you would totally revolutionize education in America." (Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, September 27, 1993)
* "You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them." (Pat Robertson)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The question for Pat Robertson is the same as the one for Jerry Falwell: -- "How are you different from a "terrorist"?
Why are we allowing Pat Robertson and his purported *religion of peace* to promote intolerance and hatred towards our own citizens? Why don't we take action to stop this?
.