Zone1 Leading Theologian passes

[bodecea]

Wasn't the lawsuit actually BY Robertson for defamation of character, that Robertson then dropped?

Yes...he dropped it because he couldn't prove what was being said about him was false.

 

[martybegan]

Yes...he dropped it because he couldn't prove what was being said about him was false.

A high burden of proof is attached to all libel and slander cases.

 

[surada]

RIP Pat Robertson.

Tremendous leader and humanitarian, took a lot of heat from libs and atheists over the decades.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2023-06-08/pat-robertson-dies-at-93-founded-christian-broadcasting-network-christian-coalition

Pat Robertson was not a theologian.

 

[surada]

They all look alike to him.

Falwell was a Dominionist. Robertson was a Dispensationist.

 

[Polishprince]

Pat Robertson was not a theologian.

Robertson had a masters degree from a leading theology school.

 

[iku]

He was most likely an okay fellow but he use to say things that were kind of offbeat, to put it mildly. I use to watch his program to catch the news from a Christian-type perspective and he did have some really good discussions with some really interesting guests. I hope his family and others will carry on his ministry.

Yes, offbeat, such as blaming Gays for 9/11 and Hurricanes, Haitians deserved the 2010 earthquake that ravaged the island nation, and that feminists are evil.
Pat is credited with ushering Christian-conservatism into mainstream politics in the 1980s and 1990s, and laying the groundwork for the modern right-wing culture war.
After a gunman killed 60 people in Las Vegas in 2017, Robertson blamed “disrespect” for Trump.

So yes he has said offbeat things.