Word: televangelistic
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...hail of fire and brimstone--no one can say Pat Robertson didn't warn them. Doverites voted last week to oust all eight members up for re-election on the school board that had mandated the mention of "intelligent design," or i.d., in biology classrooms. By doing so, the televangelist said on his TV talk show, The 700 Club, "you just voted God out of your city...
...perception that Bush is a Monroe Doctrine throwback to heavy-handed U.S. interventionism in the region. That image caught fire after the Bush Administration was widely accused of backing a failed coup against Chavez in 2002 (a charge the White House denies). Fuel was added last summer when conservative televangelist Pat Robertson-a high-profile supporter of President Bush - publicly called for Chavez's assassination. (Robertson has since apologized.) Chavez is a democratically elected president, but his close friendship with Cuba's Fidel Castro, his own flirtations with autocratic government and his recently declared interest in acquiring nuclear technology have...
...thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any oil shipments will stop." PAT ROBERTSON,American televangelist, referring to Hugo Chavez, President of oil-rich Venezuela and a vocal critic of the U.S., on his cable-TV show. Robertson apologized two days later...
...ROBERTSON URGES U.S. TO COVET CHAVEZ' WIFE Televangelist Breaks Second Commandment In Two Days." --Fake news headline from BOROWITZREPORT.COM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ARTICLE ON THE 25 most influential Evangelicals in America [Feb. 7]. At a time when Christianity in the U.S. is finally beginning to recover from the televangelist debacles and other overpublicized problems of the past, it was encouraging to see a mostly positive report on the good things that are happening in Christian ministries today. Those who are wary of evangelical activists need to understand that true Christians are not bigots, hypocrites or crooks. We just want to live our lives to please God as best as we can, take care of our families and help...