Pat
Robertson & CBN
Case Study – Steps
By Hammad
Khan & Uzair Hussain
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1- Discuss
Pat Robertson, and CBN with classmates
- Pat Robertson - Founder of CBN.
- Founded in 1960, CBN was the first
Christian television network established in the
- Sold Family Channel to Fox Kids
for $1.9 billion
- Pat blamed terrorist attacks in
2-
Distribute handouts (CNN & CBN) to the class
3- Play
Flash movie, and read along the news article.
4- Pat
Robertson – “bring it on”: perspective on gays, minorities, Islam.
5- Ask
questions regarding television and article.
- motivation?
financial? spiritual?
- is someone justified to put the
blame on a specific group?
- does anyone have the right to
denounce a religion?
- if Pat
Robertson is not an example of the religion he claims to belong to -then why is
his show still produced?
Islam
GOD DECLARED to the Israelites
that He was their one true God, and they were to have no other gods before Him.
How should Christians respond to Muslims who believe that Allah is God?
Become a CBN Partner and receive Pat Robertson's question and answer
book and audiotape
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I was watching television last Sunday
and I heard a “minister” say that Allah and God are the same. What are your thoughts,
and what are the distinctions, if they are not the same? |
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Pat Robertson We have a God, for example, Jesus Christ, who said “blessed are
the peacemakers.” In terms of the Koran, the people are told to wage war
against the unbelievers and besiege them and kill them. One is a culture of
peace, a culture of love; and the other one is a culture of hatred and
murder. They are two diametrically opposed concepts. But I don’t believe that Allah is God, there’s no way! I’m
sorry. And if I’m offending people, that’s tough luck. But it’s the Bible. If
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Bill Press: American Ayatollahs
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By Bill
Press, Tribune Media Services
They start with the brave rescue workers at the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon: Policemen, firemen, paramedics,
construction workers, heavy equipment operators, truck drivers, security guards
and many others who are spending long days in the gruesome task of removing
debris, sorting through rubble and searching for bodies. They are working
tirelessly and anonymously, yet every one of them is a hero.
But it's not just the people on the front lines
who have risen to the occasion. It's also the millions of Americans who live
far from Washington or New York, but who responded as if it happened right next
door: Those who gave blood, sent relief checks, or gathered in candlelight
vigils or church services to pray for the victims and their families.
We are a nation united in grief and determination.
We've also seen the best in our president. Sure,
he got off to a rocky start. And his rhetoric still sometimes sounds more
appropriate to the World Wrestling Federation than the White House. He
certainly made a major gaffe in calling for a "crusade" against
terrorism, which, for any student of history, immediately brought to mind
images of Christians marching off joyfully to kill Arabs for access to holy
sites. He's since dropped the phrase.
Overall, however, President Bush has set the right
tone. He has called for both retaliation and restraint. He has urged both
resolve and patience. And by visiting
We take pride in the best. We take shame in the
worst. Like those yahoos who have attacked fellow citizens just because they
have an Arab last-name. They are truly ugly Americans. Fortunately, they are
also few in number. Only forty cases of physical abuse
have been reported nationwide. But every one of them is a hate crime and should
be prosecuted as such.
But the most shameful display of hatred after
September 11 did not come from nameless bigots. It came from two famous men of
God. Before the smoke stopped billowing from the
Appearing with Pat Robertson on his "700
Club" the morning of September 13, Falwell said
God was just punishing us sinners: "What we saw on Tuesday, as terrible as
it is, could be miniscule if, in fact, God continues to lift the curtain and
allow the enemies of
And Falwell left no
doubt about who was personally responsible: "The ACLU's got to take a lot
of blame for this." Whereupon Robertson chimed in: "Well, yes." Falwell continued: "I really believe the pagans, and
the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are
actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the
American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the
finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'"
After a storm of protest -- even the White House
called to tell them the president strongly disagreed -- Falwell
and Robertson both apologized, sort of, insisting their remarks had been taken
out of context. Nonsense. Why did they say it in the
first place? Surely, one can disagree with Jerry Falwell
on gay rights without being accused of causing the deaths of 6000 Americans.
Unfortunately for Falwell
and Robertson, their apology comes too little, too late. There's no doubt what
they said, and there's no doubt what they meant. They have lost all
credibility. They are apostles of intolerance. Theirs is a strange brand of
Christianity, indeed. They believe anyone who doesn't agree with them is evil.
And that's the same twisted kind of religion that would convince a suicide
bomber to kill innocent people as a ticket to heaven.
Instead of pointing the finger at others, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson should look in the mirror. The
horrors of September 11 were inspired by men just like them: religious zealots who preach hatred, not love. Falwell
and Robertson are
They represent the worst of