Now the Globe is publishing letters criticizing Christians for not being condemning (“A curiously quiet judgment day,” Letters, Nov. 4). I guess in the eyes of the people who choose the letters to be published, Christians are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Doesn’t anyone at the Globe see the hypocrisy of this? I thought you supported tolerance of people who are different. It appears that that only applies to people whom you agree with philosophically.
In his letter, Robert Curry wondered why, after reports of Sandy’s impact on New York, there weren’t any “self-righteous judgments” from leaders such as Pat Robertson “about punishments inflicted on the city for transgressions committed.” Isn’t he being guilty of exactly what he condemns the Pat Robertsons of this world for — being judgmental of people with different beliefs? His letter added nothing to dispassionate, thoughtful discussion. It was snide and sarcastic, and unworthy of the paper.
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You're forgetting that Robertson has made a career doing just that.
Deborah,
Thank you for writing this. The choice of the letters published by the Globe reveals so much about its bias. It loves pithy, snarky sound bites like that letter, that serve no purpose other than to attack. It would never print such snark if the target were a Muslim, or a black evengelical leader. Christian leaders are always worthy of attack from the leftist media, and this letter reveals how this is so profoundly true at the Boston Globe.
Oh please, Robertson came out saying feminists were a cause of 9/11. The smug self-righteousness of Robertson makes him a target when disasters happen and he names a group he does not like as the cause. Christians have a constant persecution complex, they did more persecuting than are persecuted
Choice words from an obvious lunatic.
"Lord, give us righteous judges who will not try to legislate and dominate this society. Take control, Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the court." –Pat Robertson
"Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history." –Pat Robertson
"I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you, This is not a message of hate -- this is a message of redemption. But a condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs; it'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes, and possibly a meteor." –Pat Robertson, on "gay days" at Disneyworld
"(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." –Pat Robertson
"It may be a blessing in disguise. ... Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other." –Pat Robertson, on the earthquake in Haiti that destroyed the capital and killed tens of thousands of people, Jan. 13, 2010
It has been my observation, over the years, that the Globe typically publishes letters which express various opinions on issues. I have noticed that that they often publish letters which directly contradict each other, in order to offer a balance. It is also my observation that many Christians incorrectly view themselves as the victims of media bias. Many Christians, at least many who comment on-line, apparently cannot tolerate any critique, examination, negative opinion, or unflattering facts regarding Christianity or the behavior of individual Christians. The very fact that the Globe published this letter shows that the writer's criticism of the Globe is unfounded.
The fact is, Robertson was being serious, believing he was more righteous, had moral superiority, in direct contradiction to his own scriptural foundations ("judge not"). Mr. Curry, in contrast was being facetious and thus ironically, truer to Jesus' teachings.