Re: MediaMatters: Robertson claimed "evolutionists worship atheism,"evolutionarytheory a "cultish religion"


"NashtOn" <nana@xxxxx> wrote in message
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> Erwin Moller wrote:
>> NashtOn wrote:
>>
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>>>Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, "Geoff" <gebobs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>news:lgveq1hu2u6a38q79onmq5qn5kn202jgp2@xxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>>>>From the article:
>>>>>
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>>>>>>Summary: On CBN's The 700 Club, host Pat Robertson claimed that "the
>>>>>>evolutionists worship atheism" and that because "evolution becomes
>>>>>>their religion" it is "an establishment of religion contrary to the
>>>>>>First Amendment." Robertson went on to suggest that evolution
>>>>>>advocates were "fanatics," stating further, "it is a religion, it is a
>>>>>>cult. It is cultish religion."
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>>>>>
>>>>>The irony is so rich...Robertson wouldn't know religion if
>>>>>it kicked him in the ass.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>He confuses way-far-right social values and politics with religion, so
>>>>it's no big surprise that he confuses other stuff with religion as
>>>>well.
>>>>
>>>
>>>And of course, if he "believed" in evolution, you cultists would be
>>>citing him as an example of how even religious people support the notion.
>>
>>
>> No.
>> If he was 'defending' evolution in the way he argues now, we would ignore
>> him, and would not see him as an asset.
>
> Seems that you need all the help you can get to prove the validity of
> the ToE if you need the services of a pastor as an asset (sic).
>
>> He must first develop a brain before he can join a discussion, whatever
>> side
>> he takes. First a brain.
>
> I am quite sure he has a brain.

But he, like a certain other Yale alumnus, doesn't use it very well.

> Nicola
>


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