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It's nice to know, from a prominent Christian perspective, that guys aren't at fault...
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It's nice to know, from a prominent Christian perspective, that guys aren't at fault...
By Laura Gottesdiener
Radical Christian televangelist Pat Robertson with one of his most offensive statements of all time.
It always seems to be the womans fault. No reallycheck this one out.
So, a 17-year-old boy writes in to Maxim magazine, complaining that his father never pays any attention to his mother.
Im 17 years old and Ive noticed that there has been a change in my fathers behavior, he wrote. He spends too much time at the computer playing a war game. Ive noticed how alone my mom feels. I just want my father to spend more time with my mom. What should I do? How can I talk to my father? I feel shame for him. Please help.
Luckily for this perceptive 17 year old, the radical Christian conservative Pat Robertson is on the caseand his answer is, well, exactly what youd expect from this radical Christian televangelist.
He starts off with the suggestion that the boy try to get his parents out of the house on some type of romantic weekend getaway.
The romance is obviously going out of the marriage, he said.
But thenBAM! Robertson draws the woman-hating card, throws it on the flower-decorated glass table in the700 Clubsstudio and suddenly its the mothers fault.
You know, it may be your mom isnt as sweet as you think she is, she may be kind of hard-nosed. And so, you say its my father, hes not paying attention to mom, but you know mom he trails off and offers a spiteful little chuckle.
All great advice for a 17-year-old boy growing up in the United States enduringly patriarchal society. But waittheres more: Now its not only moms fault for being hard-nosed, its also her fault for being God forsakenly ugly.
He launches into another story: A woman came to a preacher I knowits so funny. She was awful looking. Her hair was all torn up, she was overweight, and looked terrible
So far, this story sounds hilarious Pat, Please continue.
And she said, Oh, Reverend, what can I do? My husband has started to drink.
The hateful punch line is coming. I can feel it. Im on the edge of my seat.
And the preacher looked at her and he said, Madam, if I were married to you, Id start to drink too.
Yes! Of course! Because the woman is so uglynot to mention hard-nosed, we cant forget that problemthe man has turned to drinking, or playing computer games all day, or doing any number of marriage-killing activities that are not really his fault because, God, how could he help himself? I mean, seriously, with a woman like this, who needs enemies?
Can I get an amen and a Hallelujah?
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