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The latest antics from the Christian extremist and founder of the popular Christian TV news program The 700 Club, Pat Robertson doesn't seem very Christian to me.
It is a bold statement to demand someone be killed in the first place, and an even bolder one when it comes from someone who normally touts Christian virtues like charity and being "pro-life."
Regardless of what Venezuelan President Chavez has done to possibly deserve an assassination outcry from such a Christian leader like Pat Robertson, I don't believe it is in a Christian's place to demand someone be killed. Isn't that breaking one of the ten commandments? (Thou shalt not kill.)
When Jesus walked the earth, it was Caesar who ruled. Caesar was a dictator who caused terrible strife in the nations he occupied, yet Jesus did not devote his energies to have Caesar killed nor was he ever noted with wanting anyone to be killed.
What Did Jesus Do? He told his followers when wronged to "turn the other cheek." He acknowledged our human failings when people asked Jesus if an adulterous woman should be stoned, and he replied that the person without sin can cast the first stone. Even though Jesus was without sin, he did not stone the woman, nor did anyone else in the crowd. Likewise, any Christian who honestly believes and adheres to their faith would not even consider picking up a stone, knowing that we all are sinners.
Now we have Pat Robertson, a self-defined Christian leader, with his arm raised high in the air with a heavy stone. Is that really Christian?
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