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06-08-2023 , 10:45 AM

#5076

John Cole

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Pat Robertson at 93. Perhaps trained an army of televangelists how to get rich and avoid taxes.

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06-08-2023 , 12:08 PM

#5077

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,802

rot in pieces

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06-08-2023 , 01:09 PM

#5078

Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,372

I want to believe in Hell just so Pat can go there and burn in eternity.

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06-08-2023 , 04:00 PM

#5079

kioshk

Nixonian

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 92,839

Lol at all this hate. Robertson was not my favorite tv preacher but not so bad as tv preachers go. So yes, I'm sticking up for my fellow Christian here and not judging him much.

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06-08-2023 , 07:29 PM

#5080

chillrob

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Originally Posted by kioshk

Lol at all this hate. Robertson was not my favorite tv preacher but not so bad as tv preachers go. So yes, I'm sticking up for my fellow Christian here and not judging him much.

Really? He wasn't afraid of judging others.

Hate begets hate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_..._controversies

Among many other bizarre things, Robertson stated that the acceptance of homosexuality could result in hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, terrorist bombings and "possibly a meteor".

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06-08-2023 , 07:45 PM

#5081

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,802

evangelical about heaven and hell
natural disasters and terrorist attacks are caused by gays and immigrants
lord please pass the collection plate and tax breaks to help us combat this
we've done nothing but run ourselves a telethon for sixty years
but we need more

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06-08-2023 , 08:37 PM

#5082

Dominic

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Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,273

Pat Robertson was a an evil mothereffer, and I'm GLAD he died. I only hope that it was painful.

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06-08-2023 , 10:27 PM

#5083

spaceman Bryce

anything you guys want

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Pat Robertson, the airport I flew to the most out of all airports is the norfolk airport. I saw pat robertson's face many times at that airport. He was an enthusiastic christian, or so I've heard.

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06-08-2023 , 10:31 PM

#5084

Phat Mack

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I have never heard him referred to as a Christian before, so there is that.

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06-09-2023 , 09:38 AM

#5085

golddog

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As is often the case, Red's analysis is spot-on.

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06-09-2023 , 10:54 AM

#5086

John Cole

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In some ways, I would feel better about this world if Pat Robertson and his like were mere hucksters, but it's even worse to think many evangelicals actually believe the venom they spew.

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06-12-2023 , 10:00 PM

#5087

parisron

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06-12-2023 , 10:02 PM

#5088

Dominic

Tripod

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Wow…that sucks

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06-13-2023 , 06:07 AM

#5089

kioshk

Nixonian

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 92,839

I can still remember a Newsweek cover on hot young actors back in the early 80s. It was Treat Williams, Elizabeth McGovern, and a hard-to-recognize William Hurt. Prince of the City was supposed to make Treat Williams a star but it didn't quite.

Which reminds me, how sexy was young Elizabeth McGovern.

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06-13-2023 , 03:58 PM

#5090

John Cole

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Cormac McCarthy. He was working on the screenplay for Blood Meridian, maybe the American novel.

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06-13-2023 , 04:21 PM

#5091

Dominic

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All the Pretty Horses will always be my favorite of his. Just astoundingly beautiful.

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06-13-2023 , 04:24 PM

#5092

John Cole

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All the Pretty Horses will always be my favorite of his. Just astoundingly beautiful.

The hero is named John Cole after all. I haven't read that but will soon.

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06-13-2023 , 07:41 PM

#5093

Dominic

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oh crap! You're right!

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06-15-2023 , 05:36 PM

#5094

lastcardcharlie

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Glenda Jackson. Won two Oscars, didn't turn up for them, and became an MP.

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06-15-2023 , 06:10 PM

#5095

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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shame on me for never having heard of her
what an interesting life

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06-15-2023 , 09:55 PM

#5096

John Cole

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Glenda Jackson was a fine actor. She was great playing Stevie Smith, the poet and alongside Walter Matthau.

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06-15-2023 , 10:37 PM

#5097

Phat Mack

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Originally Posted by John Cole

Cormac McCarthy. He was working on the screenplay for Blood Meridian, maybe the American novel.

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I met him in a pool hall in Austin 25 years ago. I was playing some weird game with a friend for maybe $1 a set. We were yelling and ****-talking each other, and he came over to see what we were up to. He sat down and had some of our beer and watched. Said his name was Charlie. Regular guy, and funny, who could hold his own in the scene. After he left, another friend told me who he was. I hadn't heard of him. So I went home and read Blood Meridian.

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06-15-2023 , 11:01 PM

#5098

John Cole

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Wow!

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06-15-2023 , 11:30 PM

#5099

Phat Mack

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Wow!

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There is more to this. The guy I was playing with was what we used to call a rounder. He was in his 50s and probably had never had a job in his life, unless he dealt poker or craps in underground games. He was known to be a good pool player with a national reputation. When he found out who the guy was, he became visibly emotional. He had read all of McCarthy and loved Blood Meridian. He kept saying, "I knew he was somebody. He had an aura!"

So I go home and tell my wife the story, and she says, "You idiot, don't you know that's my favorite author?" The she grabs a bunch of books off the shelf, hands them to me and says, "Read Blood Meridian first."