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Evangelicals, Israel, and the End of the World

David Heilbroner | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Fundamentalism, Armageddon, End Times, Israel, Taliban, Waiting for Armageddon, Bible Prophecy, Evangelicals, 2012, Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, The Rapture, Middle East, Pat Robertson, World News

There are some 50 million Evangelicals in the US who believe in the literal truth of Bible prophecy. All are fixated upon Israel. Because for a great many true believers, the end of the world is just the beginning.

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Christian Broadcasting Network Warns Against 'Demonic' Halloween Candy

Huffington Post | Alex Leo & Katla McGlynn | Posted 10.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Halloween, Pat Robertson, Christian Broadcasting Network, Slidepoll, Pat Robertson Halloween Candy, Halloween Candy, Demonic Candy, Demonic Halloween Candy, Kimberly Daniels Halloween Candy, Cbn Halloween, Comedy News

UPDATE: CBN has removed the blog. The original text is available here. ----- Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network posted a blog by Kimberly ...

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Don't Blame Obama for Creigh Deeds

Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Mcdonnell, Right Wing, Pat Robertson, Creigh Deeds, Bailout, Barack Obama, Politics News

The real problem for Democrats is that by choosing Creigh Deeds they've diluted the Democratic brand as far as it can go. Let's face it, Deeds is no Jim Webb.

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Hypocrisy Alert: Cheney Relies on the Objectivity of the Justice Department to Defend Torture

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia Governor, Alberto Gonzales, Monica Goodling, u.s. Attorneys Scandal, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Dick Cheney Torture, Regent University, Lisa Ling, Justice Department, Wall Street Journal, u.s. Attorneys, Jim Jones, Dick Cheney, Rendition, Lakhdar Boumediene, Euna Lee, New York Times, Washington Post, National Security Adviser, U.S. News and World Report, Kyle Sampson, Robert Mcdonnell, Pat Robertson, North Korea, Torture, Justice-Department-Politicization, Politics News

The gall of Cheney's statements is that he was a key part of the administration that deconstructed the objectivity of the Justice Department, which he now relies on to defend the use of torture.

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Pat Robertson Recovering Following Heart Surgery

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

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RICHMOND, Va. — Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson underwent 10 hours of surgery to repair an irregular heartbeat that put the 79-year-old at h...

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Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Last Temptation of Christ, American Psychological Association, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond, U.P.I., Pat Robertson, Christian Fundamentalism, Religious Addiction, Jewish Fundamentalism, The Journal of Religion and Health, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Daiwa Bank, Mainline Churches, There Is a Way Out, God’s Will, Today Show, Marty Scorsese, Religious Right, Los Angeles Times, Fundamentalist, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Moral Majority, Islamic Fundamentalism, Christian Science Monitor, Steve Allen, Phil Donahue Show, Hollywood Under Siege, Madonna, Culture Wars, PTL Club, USA Today, Toronto Star, Henry Luce III, San Francisco Chronicle, London Observer, Daniel Berrigan, Luce Publications, Norman Lear, Hank Luce, Gunther Hirshberg, Henry Luce Foundation, Village Voice, Ari Goldman, Universal Studio, U.S. Congress, A. James Rudin, M. Scott Peck, New York Law Journal, Josh Baran, Salman Rushdie, Newsweek, Frank Zappa, Presbyterian, Bill Geist, Ram Dass, Associated Press, A.C.L.U., Psychology Today, Terry Sweeney, Cnn, Like a Prayer, Wall Street, Satanic Verses, Jimmy Swaggart, American Jewish Committee, Oprah Winfrey Show, New York Observer, People for the American Way., New York Times, Episcopalian, New York News

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

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Pat Robertson: Abusive Coaches And Guidance Counselors May Be Making People Gay

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pat Robertson, Video, Gay Rights, Media Matters, Religious Right, Lunatic Fringe, Politics News

Parenting is tough. And for some parents, the discovery that their child is gay, can make it even tougher. It's a good time to pause and learn what y...

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Barack Obama and Islam

John L. Esposito | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama-and-Islam, Islamophobia, Jerry Falwell, Cairo, Obama Muslim, Prophet Mohammed, Islamic Radicalism, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Pat Robertson, Muslim World, Islamo-Fascism, Politics News

Muslims' major grievance against the West is what they identify as the denigration of Islam and Muslims and how they are seen by the West as inferior and not of equal value.

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Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Jealous that Gay Weddings will be Better than Theirs

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Comedy

No more aging D.J.'s to get all the grandparents from Miami and New York and The Los Angeles Valley to dance to the Village People's "YMCA," because the Village People will finally be allowed to get married, and in high style at that.

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America 2009: Hand Sanitizer, Safe Babies, and Prop 8

Tom Gregory | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ramona CA., Proposition 8, Prop 8, Ramona Unified School District, First Baptist Church of Colingswood, David Bohnett, Natalie Jones, Fear, Pat Robertson, Bonnie Jones, Sean Penn, Harvey Milk, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Something tragic has happened to the American church. They have become a pawn in a game of wicked ridiculousness.

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Explaining The Nation's Non-Reaction To Gay Marriage

Dan Pashman | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Right, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Pat Robertson, Politics News

As people start to see that New England hasn't turned into Sodom and Gomorrah, they're becoming more comfortable with the notion of same-sex marriage.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Condimentgate, Miss USA, Huffpost Anniversary, Huffpost Birthday, Carrie Prejean, Mother's Day, Bank of America, Jack McCollough, John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, Manny Ramirez, Sean Hannity, Mustard, Elizabeth Edwards, Kiefer Sutherland, Topless, Octomom, Pat Robertson, Home News

This was not a good week for Bank of America (brother can you spare $34 billion?); Manny Ramirez (fertility drugs? Who does he think he is -- Octomom?); Miss California USA Carrie Prejean (not just leaked topless pics, but leaked pre-implant topless pics!); Jack McCollough's nose (ground zero for Kiefer Sutherland's head); and John Edwards (Rielle wants a paternity test, the Feds are investigating his campaign spending, and Elizabeth isn't sure she still loves him). This week also brought us the Hannity-fueled Condiment-gate (the lamest political food fight since freedom fries), and Pat Robertson claiming that legalizing gay marriage will lead to the sanctioning of bestiality, child molestation, and pedophilia. Enjoyed with a spicy French mustard, no doubt. At least things end on an upbeat note: a very happy Mother's Day to all my fellow HuffPost moms. And happy birthday to HuffPost, which turned four years old yesterday!

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Pat Robertson: Gay Marriage Leads To "Bestiality," "Child Molestation," "Pedophilia"

Think Progress | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay-Marriage-Opponents, Pat Robertson CBN, Gay Marriage, Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson, Cbn, Politics News

Yesterday, when Gov. John Baldacci (D) signed a marriage equality law, Maine became the fifth state to allow legal same-sex marriage. On the Christian...

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Ancient Sumerian Origins of the Easter Story

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Easter, Pat Robertson, Religious Right, Christianity, Bible, Fundamentalism, Politics News

The Christian Bible culminates in a death and resurrection story. What is this story, and where did it come from?

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Could Pat Robertson Be Mormon?

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Earth, Mormon, Universe, Mitt Romney, Pat Robertson, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Heaven, Newt Gingrich, Sun, The Lord, Politics News

I always thought that it was the Mormons who received planets to manage in Heaven. Could it be that Robertson is, and always has been, a closet Mormon?

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Pat Robertson's Regent University Gets Democratic Student Group

Washington Monthly | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regent University Democrats, Regent University, Regent Democrats, Pat Robertson CBN, Pat Robertson, Virginia Beach-Virginia, Politics News

When TV preacher Pat Robertson created Regent University in Virginia Beach 30 years ago, he had a rather specific idea in mind. He'd show the "elites"...

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One Nation Under Democracy

Michael DeJong | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Scientology, First Amendment, Rovian, Hell, Pat Robertson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Obama, Rastafarianism, Fundamentalists, Republican Party, Agnosticism, Christians, In God We Trust, Separation of Church and State, Islam, Atheism, World, Beltway Insider, Bahá'í, Presidential Prayer Breakfast, Country, Religion, Confucianism, Jimmy Swaggart, Strange Bedfellows, Jainism, Environment, Hinduism, Buddhism, Neopaganism, Sikhism, Sufism, Wiccanism, Shinto, Politics News

One might have thought that Obama would slant more towards the Constitutional First Amendment of Separation of Church and State, and forgo the tradition of "Prayer Breakfasts."

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Pat Robertson Denounces Rush Limbaugh For Hoping Obama Fails

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with U.S. News & World Report, conservative Christian leader Pat Robertson denounced talk show host Rush Limbaugh for saying he wants ...

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Is Hugo Chavez Ready for the Coming Fall?

Francisco Toro | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Oil Market, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Petrostate, South America, Poverty, World, Money, Economy, Oil, Poverty Abroad, Petroleum, Pat Robertson, World News

Venezuela is a petrostate: the government owns the only oil company, and oil prices rose every single year from the turn of the century through last year.

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Pat Robertson "Remarkably Pleased" With Obama, Gives Bush C-

CNN | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with CNN's Suzanne Malveaux, conservative Pat Robertson said he was "remarkably pleased" with President-elect Barack Obama. Not so for...

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Right Message, Wrong Messenger

Charles J. Brown | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Rich Cizik, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Charles Colson, Obama Transition, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama said that he chose Rick Warren to make his inauguration a celebration of inclusiveness. Inviting an evangelical pastor was the right idea, through the wrong messenger.

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Culture of Lies

Scott Swenson | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Will any brave and clear-sighted Republicans realize that rather than throwing McCain a lifeline in this election, far-right extremism has further isolated McCain, and the party, from mainstream Americans?

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The Christian Right Killed the Republican Party

Jane Devin | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Religion, Michele Bachmann, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Christian Right, Ethics, Barry Goldwater, Jerry Fallwell, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Bank Nationalization, Home News

Under the thumb of right-wing religion, the Republican party became a bloated fool, stuffed with hypocrisy, greed, and anti-intellectualism. The price is now being paid through lost elections and a loss of public trust.

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Goodbye Gay Conservatives, Don't Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Dan Quayle, Log Cabin Republicans, Dale Carpenter, Lesbian, George W. Bush, Pat Robertson, Gay, Truth Wins Out, Barack Obama, Wayne Besen, Politics News

I wasn't aware that Congress had to choose between the economy and protecting GLBT people from job discrimination. I had no idea that passing a hate crime law might hinder our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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A Vote For Guns Is A Vote For "Family Values"

Michele Swenson | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Fifty Caliber Funshoots, Gun Owners of America, National Rifle Association, National Security, .50-Caliber Sniper Weapons, Sarah Palin, Sports Guns, Pat Robertson, Unlimited Automatic Weapons, Guns, Pro-Gun-Anti-Abortion Coalition, Hunting Guns, Larry Pratt, Charleton Heston, Congressional Rejection of Gun Safety, Home News

Guns have been transformed into an article of faith by Christian idealogues like Pat Robertson, who anticipates an "epic struggle" to restore God's intent of national control to "gun-bearing Christians."

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