mommyoeo said:
Well, if he really called down hurricanes, I missed that. I'd also doubt it unless I saw it. I rarely trust the news to give the whole truth on any story that could boost their ratings by making someone else look foolish.
I don't think anything he has done overshadows the goodness he does either. When we raise money to feed the poor, clothe kids and do medical procedures over seas for free, then we can throw stones at him. Meanwhile, it's a better planet for all of his hard efforts. How many thousands of people have we fed, clothed or otherwise helped?
As for calling for some leader to be assassinated, I didn't see it, but I did hear that he apologized. He was spouting off in frustration. I have thought that from time to time when I see pedophiles get out of prison and kill more kids. Sometimes the world makes people MAD and they do not respond in love, like they ought to. I think he admitted that when he said he was sorry.
I'm not saying he's perfect, just that he doing a lot more than probably 99% of his critics to make the world better. For that, and in spite of his critics, I say he's great! Not perfect, but still great because he's doing great things.
First, I was going to say I was speechless, but I can't let this go.
Here's the quote about Dover, PA
(edited to correct to PA)
"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 his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The 700 Club."
"And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said.
Your remark about pedophiles strikes me as innappropriate.
After re-reading it I think I understand what you're trying
to say but you do a great disservice to the children of the
world affected by such evil people when you trivialize the
attacks against them as merely "frustration."
And your analogy that PR is personally responsible for all
the "wonderful" things the 700 Club has done and therefore
if he says or does something reprehensible it should be ignored,
reminds me of the dog-poop brownie story:
A brother & sister, who are tweens and teens, are angry
that their parent won't let them go see an R-rated movie.
Their reasoning is that it's "only" rated R because of a little foul language,
their friends have seen it and it's "not that sexy."
The father still says no.
The next night, he invites them down to the kitchen for a snack.
He's made some brownies that smell yummy, and they can't wait.
As each of the kids goes to take their first bite,
the father asks, "Did I tell you the special name for these?"
They say, "No."
The father says, "Oh, they're called dog-poop brownies!"
The kids throw their brownies down and start gagging,
imagining how horrible they would have tasted if they'd
actually taken that first bight.
Of course, they're angry at their dad, asking him why he
would make them eat anything like that?
He said, "First, I didn't make you eat them, you wanted to.
Second, I told you what they were called before you took a bite.
Third, why wouldn't you eat them, anway?
After all, they
only had a
little dog poop in them,
hardly any to notice. They weren't
that poopy
- why would you not want to eat them?"
Yes, they got the message.
Well, if you consider calling down hurricanes on cities, suggesting foreign leaders be "taken out", and suggesting God's wrath will fall on a city for daring to teach science (of all things) in school good things, then I suppose I can understand why one might consider Robertson to be "great." I know this is not the total of his message, but his efforts to stir the pot with his followers often overshadows anything of merit he says or does.
Someone is judging the morality and actions of PR and you are not telling them to be quiet. Where's the Judge Not and Don't Throw the First Stone police? 
