Fundamentalist Jihad Must End

Radical Christian fundamentalist Pat Robertson’s resent call for killing Venezuela’s elected President, Hugo Chavez, shows once again that extreme religious views can be very dangerous, regardless of the religion they are associated with. Unfortunately this is just another in a series of exceedingly dangerous views this so-called Christian leader has spewed over the years.

If the slanted evangelical were a Muslim he would be arrested and sent to Guantanamo as an enemy combatant. In Pat Robertson’s case, he not only gets to stay out of jail but he gets to stay on TV continuing to incite murder and leading prayers for the early demise of our Supreme Court Justices.

On numerous occasions the very reverend Robertson has called for keeping the Ten Commandments in our court houses – presumably to keep God’s laws in our courts. One has to wonder if Pat has ever read them; since one of those commandments is “Thou shalt not kill”. Apparently Pastor Roberson has put himself above God’s laws, and he now considers himself the guy (or is it God?) that gets to decide exceptions to these commandments. I hope most Christians (and everyone else) would disagree with this radical departure from the teachings of the Bible and will call for Robertson to be removed from the airwaves.

Steve McGourty

August 24, 2005