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Pat Robertson says Alzheimer's makes divorce OK

Started by Gawen, September 15, 2011, 12:19:44 PM

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Gawen

September 15, 2011, 12:19:44 PM
Quote"If you respect that vow, you say 'til death do us part,'" Robertson said during the Tuesday broadcast. "This is a kind of death."
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http://news.yahoo.com/pat-robertson-says-alzheimers-makes-divorce-ok-000952197.html

Thought you guys would like to know what the Protestant Pope had to say.

The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

Sweetdeath

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September 15, 2011, 12:43:47 PM Last Edit: September 15, 2011, 12:45:46 PM by Sweetdeath
What a piece of garbage!!  I am raging so hard rigjt now. The way he says it "a husband should divorce and start over" 
Like the woman never existed?  Piece of crap.  If anything (cancer, whatever) happened my wife, I could not just toss her aside and remarry.

That's lovely, like there is NO other reaspn to get divorced.   Get divorced for dementia, but not because your husband is beating the crap out of you, or because you're in a loveless marriage sleeping with other people.
  .... Ugh, I wanna slap him with a trout.
Law 35- "You got to go with what works." - Robin Lefler

Wiggum:"You have that much faith in me, Homer?"
Homer:"No! Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real."

"I was thinking that perhaps this thing called God does not exist. Because He cannot save any one of us. No matter how we pray, He doesn't mend our wounds.

Xjeepguy

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September 15, 2011, 01:07:34 PM
I would take care of my wife until her last breath. That is what I promised her on our wedding day.

Anyone else think it is funny his example involves a man leaving an ill woman? I bet his opinion would be very different if he was getting sick and his wife wanted to split. What an asshole.
If I were re-born 1000 times, it would be as an atheist 1000 times. -Heisenberg

Sweetdeath

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September 15, 2011, 01:13:02 PM
^  My thoughts exactly.  If the roles were reversed, I bet he would sprout garbage like it's the woman's "duty" to care for her husband.  It's only 8am, but already religion makes me rage.  I hate the old crone so much.
Law 35- "You got to go with what works." - Robin Lefler

Wiggum:"You have that much faith in me, Homer?"
Homer:"No! Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real."

"I was thinking that perhaps this thing called God does not exist. Because He cannot save any one of us. No matter how we pray, He doesn't mend our wounds.

Ihateyoumike

#4
September 15, 2011, 09:59:53 PM
Fuck Pat Robertson.

I can't really think of anything else to say when his name is brought up.

I'd like to see him and Fred Phelps get caught having a homosexual relationship.
Prayers that need no answer now, cause I'm tired of who I am
You were my greatest mistake, I fell in love with your sin
Your littlest sin.

Stevil

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September 16, 2011, 12:07:38 AM
Quote from: Gawen on September 15, 2011, 12:19:44 PM
Thought you guys would like to know what the Protestant Pope had to say.
They have some brand recognition issues me thinks.

Gawen

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September 16, 2011, 12:23:39 PM
Quote from: Ihateyoumike on September 15, 2011, 09:59:53 PM
Fuck Pat Robertson.

I can't really think of anything else to say when his name is brought up.
That's how I feel. It's amazing how the PTL Club morphed into Simon (Pat) Says.
The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

DeterminedJuliet

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September 17, 2011, 05:30:30 PM
We have friends of the family who are going through this. They are both in their early 50s and she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers a few years ago. Her husband is completely devoted to her, even though she is able to function less and less each day. It's completely heart-breaking and inspiring at the same time.  :'(

I think there are some very valid reasons for divorce, but I don't know how you could be so flippant about something like this.
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.
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