Thursday, November 10, 2005 You People Take Things Too Seriously
Looking at the comments on some of my posts, I've just got to say - you people take things too seriously.
A couple weeks ago, I listed several major disasters, and concluded that God was punishing us for allowing Pat Robertson and his cohorts to speak out. Several people lambasted me for claiming God was going to attack us, for dragging him into, etc. I WAS JOKING. I guess I can understand Justin's confusion, given that I mentioned my own goal of becoming an Episcopal priest. I will say now that I was not joking about that; that is one of my goals. I mentioned it only to point out that not all Christians are fundamentalists like Robertson - but such sarcasm will not be a part of my ministry. I should not have mixed the two in my post, so for that, I apologize. But everything else - I WAS JOKING.
My most recent post, dreaming about a "President Pelosi", was just that. I was very open about it being a dream, not a prediction. As I wrote, "Clearly, this isn't going to happen."
One person responded, "But however, it turns out, I don't think it really compares to what Nixon did." I never said it did. What I said was, the public mistrust in government if Bush and Cheney resigned would be worse than the mistrust following Watergate - I wasn't speaking about the actual crimes committed. I made this point to show that, not only was my scenario so far fetched, but also undesirable. The post was nothing more than a partisan dream - I thought I'd made that clear. Apparently I didn't, so I apologize - don't take it so seriously.
And to the perosn whose entire response consisted of, "This has to be one of the stupidest, most poorly conceived things that I've ever read," I say two things. One, well that's fine, it wasn't meant to be rational. It was a JOKE, a DREAM, as made very clear by its wording. And two, thanks for elaborating on why it was so stupid and poorly concieved. There was no need for you to defend yourself so eloquently and in such detail, since it was a JOKE and a DREAM, but I am glad you did anyway. You provided real insight into your thinking there.
Posted by Nathan S. Empsall,
9:28 PM
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You know what? I just give up. Nothing I say about this man can make him look as bad as he makes himself look. Wow; the dude just leaves me speechless.
Pat Robertson Warns Pa. Town of Disaster 11-10-05, 13 minutes ago AP http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051111/ap_on_re_us/robertson_evolution VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town Thursday that disaster may strike there because they "voted God out of your city" by ousting school board members who favored teaching intelligent design. All eight Dover, Pa., school board members up for re-election were defeated Tuesday after trying to introduce "intelligent design" — the belief that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power — as an alternative to the theory of evolution. "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club." Eight families had sued the district, claiming the policy violates the constitutional separation of church and state. The federal trial concluded days before Tuesday's election, but no ruling has been issued. Later Thursday, Robertson issued a statement saying he was simply trying to point out that "our spiritual actions have consequences." "God is tolerant and loving, but we can't keep sticking our finger in his eye forever," Robertson said. "If they have future problems in Dover, I recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them." Robertson made headlines this summer when he called on his daily show for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. In October 2003, he suggested that the State Department be blown up with a nuclear device. He has also said that feminism encourages women to "kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."
