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Robertson’s comments further divide people of faith from, well, people of faith…
…in order to build empires you have to get people to do what you say, and if you have God standing behind you threatening hurt and pain, you can motivate people…
…the more I trust in Christ’s redemption to be sufficient, the less overtly religious I am. And, quite honestly, the more suspect overtly religious people become to me.
” — A Response To Pat Robertson’s Comments About Haiti by Donald Miller
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“We routinely disqualify testimony that would plead for extenuation. That is, we are so persuaded of the rightness of our judgment as to invalidate evidence that does not confirm us in it. Nothing that deserves to be called truth could ever be arrived at by such means.” —
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
By Marilynne Robinson