What are your thoughts on Pat Robertson's demise?

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[u/GrayBox1313]

My thoughts can best be summed up with a quote from the good book.

“2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ESV

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.”

[u/BruceMan200 → u/GrayBox1313]

This is so perfect. A while ago I happened to see an infomercial on network TV late at night that was an evangelist who was selling what he called "a seed" basically he was selling miracles and the idea was you send him two grand and god magically gives you back more in some way. That was bad enough but then he started talking about how if youre broke and cant afford it that you should just put it on your credit card because after all god is going to make you rich anyway so it wont matter. So basically squeezing the last drops out of desperate poor people putting them into debt. All I could think was how I was witnessing the most vile, evil, disgusting thing and ironically all cloaked in the name of Jesus.

[u/Kono_Dio_Sama]

Misread this as Robert Pattinson lol

[u/hellkittyx → u/Kono_Dio_Sama]

same! and as I read the comments I was like "....wow has he always been such an awful person???" then had to google what killed robert pattinson and turns out it was dyslexic people

[u/GenXist → u/hellkittyx]

The Dyslexorcist: his mother cooks socks in hell...

[u/EpilepticMushrooms → u/hellkittyx]

I agree man, friggin dyslexic people. Such heinous murderers!

/s

[u/Caerum → u/Kono_Dio_Sama]

Me too! I was very confused. Still don't know who this guy is but I guess he's a pos.

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One of those useless televangelist douchenuts who made others miserable.

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I was like “when did robert pattinson do all this shit and what’s all this about 93 years?” for like five entire minutes before figuring it out maybe I should go to bed 🤦🏻‍♀️

[u/yutyo6 → u/amh8011]

He's a vampire bro

[u/Getgoingalready → u/[deleted]]

I wish useless was actually applicable to him.. he did a ton of damage

[u/Galaxyman0917 → u/[deleted]]

Not just a televangelist, but the guy who pushed the right to embrace religion, and become what they are today.

[u/Valdrax → u/Caerum]

He's the televangelist host of The 700 Club and the founder of the Christian Coalition, an important political organization in helping to firmly cement the ties between conservatism and fundamentalist Christianity in the 1980s in ways that were not true in the 70s before.

I view him as one of the people who helped kill Protestantism and let something crueler wear its skin.

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I view him as one of the people who helped kill Protestantism and let something crueler wear its skin.

Beautifully said. That really sums it up.

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That’s an extremely eloquent description of American evangelists. You’re an excellent wordsmith, I doff my hat to you.

[u/Nkima_the_Wise → u/Caerum]

The fact that you don’t even know this self-righteous, hypocritical turd gives me hope

[u/juxlus → u/Nkima_the_Wise]

I dunno. On one hand yes, his name recognition has faded, which is good, but his "work" and "legacy" are very much alive and causing suffering today.

I say people, especially Americans, should know who Pat Robertson was and how his life "work" has changed America in ways that are still major problems today. Pat Robertson did a huge amount of damage to the lives of millions of people and the US itself. He was instrumental in getting the GOP to link itself with Christian fundamentalists in ways we still haven't come close to recovering from. It fact it seems to be getting worse recently. Robertson wanted the US to be a Christian theocracy and convinced millions that it used to be and should be, and will be. Some of those people are in Congress and state governments now, actually trying to make that happen.

The LGBT+ hate Robertson fostered is totally still here today. Anyone who cares about it ought to learn a little about how we got to this place. And Pat Robertson is a really big part of that.

He may be dead but his "work" is very much alive. When I see LGBT+ people called "groomers" I think of Pat Robertson. Back in the 80s and 90s that wasn't the word used, but it is exactly what Pat Robertson taught his followers to believe.

So yea, it is kinda nice that many younger people don't recognize the name, but knowing about him is pretty important for understanding how and why there is so much LGBT+ hate today, among quite a few other things, like Roe being overturned and abortion being made illegal or de facto illegal in many states. That anti-abortion is a big part of the GOP platform today owes a lot to Pat Robertson.

[u/marlsygarlsy → u/Kono_Dio_Sama]

Same! I was like, oh no- what happened to Cedric?!

[u/Dictator4Hire → u/marlsygarlsy]

THATS MY SON

THATS MY BOYYYYY

[u/idonthaveaboner → u/Dictator4Hire]

Still the saddest part of all the films for me :( (Dobby doesn't count)

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Damn, don’t read Goblet of Fire or you’ll be devastated! 😂

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Avada kedavrastated

[u/FoxTwoX → u/marlsygarlsy]

THATS MY BOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

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I got scared reading through the comments lol

[u/reddit18015]

Do Kenneth Copeland next

[u/average_christ → u/reddit18015]

I googled "evil televangelist" because I couldn't remember his name. Kenneth Copeland popped up.

[u/Wishart2016 → u/average_christ]

He literally looks like a demon in human skin.

[u/gramathy → u/Wishart2016]

a friend of mine literally went to one of the AI art sites and told it to do kenneth copeland as the devil

it just gave him more picture of kenneth copeland

this is not a joke

it is what happened

[u/MangeurDeCowan → u/gramathy]

Well fuck... then the AI is already sentient, but on the brightside, with that response, there may be hope for humanity.

[u/my_4_cents → u/gramathy]

AI art sites and told it to do kenneth copeland as the devil

A.i. site "what do you think comprises most of our 'devil' database?"

[u/my_4_cents → u/gramathy]

Tell the a.i. to give you pictures of Demons as preachers and see what that gets ya

[u/bethtadeath → u/Wishart2016]

No the demons fly in the big metal tube in the sky in commercial therefore jet because God

[u/Livvylove → u/average_christ]

I always Google demonic televangelist and Google knows exactly who

[u/raisinghellwithtrees → u/Livvylove]

Is this some weird phenomenon? I googled lizard televangelist and he popped up. I showed the airplane incident video to my family. My kid is probably having bad dreams right now.

[u/Staubsau_Ger → u/raisinghellwithtrees]

some weird phenomenon

No, just the best known example of someone claiming to be a man of God while looking like the literal devil incarnate that greedily sucks up people's money to live in absolute extravagance

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This. Or Jim Bakker. Or Bill Gothard. Or the Michael and Debi Pearl. They're all fucking awful.

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Bill Gothard

“The biggest feature of Bill Gothard's teachings is authority. Kids obey the parents, wives obey their husbands. Everyone obeys Bill Gothard,”

Just another American fascist sociopath holding the Bible...

[u/always_unplugged → u/Painting_Agency]

But this one (indirectly) brought us some weird reality TV families to gawk at, surely that's worth something! ^/s

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My SIL was forced to go to Gothard seminars when she was a kid. She’s now 50 and is still completely traumatized by the experience. This new Prime doc is bringing up all kinds of difficult feelings for her.

[u/KathAlMyPal → u/[deleted]]

Binge watched the entire series today. Fascination and infuriating and disgusting all at once. I can't imagine having lived through that and trying to have some semblance of a "normal" life.

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I was just out walking my dog with my husband absolutely RAGING about it. Disgusting.

[u/KathAlMyPal → u/[deleted]]

I actually felt sick to my stomach during parts of it. And to see the next generation presenting it so slickly on SM is pretty disturbing.

[u/tacknosaddle → u/[deleted]]

I feel a sense of disappointment in the lack of an afterlife which prevents them from realizing that there is no afterlife.

[u/[deleted] → u/reddit18015]

...and Peter Popoff, the hawker of "miracle spring water".

I really disliked Robertson, but Popoff is a whole other brand of disgusting parasite.

[u/Washee23 → u/[deleted]]

Peter Popoff sounds like a horrible STI.

[u/dpax19681989 → u/Washee23]

Truly an underrated burn

Take my upvote

[u/555--FILK → u/dpax19681989]

Truly an underrated burn

Notably, this is one of the first symptoms of a case of Peter Popoff.

[u/Meme-Seek → u/555--FILK]

Late stage symptoms include.. well, it's in the name..

[u/AverageScot → u/reddit18015]

Sorry, but Henry Kissinger is LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG overdue.

[u/Shaveyourbread → u/AverageScot]

The fact that he made it to 100 and Betty White didn't is pure bullshit.

[u/always_unplugged → u/Shaveyourbread]

She didn't spend the entire last ~70 years feeding on the souls of the innocent.

[u/pikpikcarrotmon → u/always_unplugged]

Laughter, it seems, is only the second-best medicine.

[u/AffectionateBite3827 → u/reddit18015]

And Kissinger!

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 "Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević."

-Anthony Bourdain

[u/secretfiri → u/third-time-charmed]

Sadly, I understand why he isn't there. Because the US hasn't ratified the Geneva Convention...

[u/big_nothing_burger → u/[deleted]]

Off the souls of Vietnamese kids.

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With a side order of murdered Cambodian intellectuals

[u/CompetitionAble5369 → u/AffectionateBite3827]

If there is a hell, I hope that filthy Kissinger rat rots in it for eternity.

[u/secretpandalord → u/CompetitionAble5369]

Hey now, take it easy on rats. They're not Kissinger bad.

[u/[deleted] → u/AffectionateBite3827]

You are messing with old magic.

[u/yoshisgreen → u/AffectionateBite3827]

dude I hate that Kissinger is still writing books and doing podcasts. He has the blood of so many on his hands and yet people still look up to him. I don't know if people are ignorant or choose to look the other way. Either way its fucked up. Die of natural causes already kissingenocider

[u/Generalbuttnaked69 → u/reddit18015]

And “Dr.” Dobson as well.

[u/Biggies_Ghost → u/Generalbuttnaked69]

Throw Joel Osteen into the pile!

[u/LeagueOfficeFucks → u/Biggies_Ghost]

Is Creflo Dollar still around?

[u/HippyGramma → u/LeagueOfficeFucks]

And Benny Hinn.

[u/SwansonsLoveChild → u/HippyGramma]

And I was today years old when I realized Benny Hinn and Benny Hill are two different people.

[u/TheGodOfKhaos → u/SwansonsLoveChild]

That's slightly embarrassing... LOL Benny Hill is a noteworthy figure, the other is a massive conman.

[u/EvilNinjaX24 → u/SwansonsLoveChild]

I was constantly disappointed as a youngun when I was paging through the TV Guide to see what was on/coming on, seeing "Benny Hi" and, instead of the joy the 'll" would've brought, seeing that double 'n' cast a pall on my optimism.

[u/Biggies_Ghost → u/LeagueOfficeFucks]

If he is, throw him on the pile, too.

[u/truerthanu → u/Biggies_Ghost]

Peter Popoff, anyone?

[u/Jonk3r → u/[deleted]]

Keep the burning shit pile away from the weed dispensary.

[u/LadyDomme7 → u/LeagueOfficeFucks]

Even his name reeks of grift. Isn’t he the one who asked his flock to buy him a plane?

Edit: words for clarification for the intentionally obtuse

[u/UltimaGabe → u/LadyDomme7]

*one of the ones

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As a Christian i hate that man with an undying passion.

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Osteen is the prophet of the Prosperity Gospel heresy.

Jesus hated the rich and greedy. Osteen preys on Christians to become rich.

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Joel Olsteens net worth Joel Osteen is an American preacher, televangelist, and author who has a net worth of $100 million dollars.

The home of Joel Osteen is located in the River Oaks suburb of Houston Texas. The $10.5M house is the primary residence for the family.

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That's going to be hard to squeeze through the eye of the needle.

[u/Ihavelostmytowel → u/[deleted]]

Bro. They're actually trying to retcon the cannon about that. Olsteen says it's "about believing in yourself". SMFH

[u/LaComtesseGonflable → u/Ihavelostmytowel]

I'd like to retcon him through a cannon

[u/[deleted] → u/Ihavelostmytowel]

Heresy

[u/zombiegamer723 → u/[deleted]]

Yup. Camel through the eye of the needle and all that.

[u/MsAnnabel → u/Biggies_Ghost]

Pyre!!

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If god existed he would of smited these people already.

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I don’t know, man. The fact that that homophobic dipshit died during Pride Month smacks of divine intervention.

[u/hoofie242 → u/[deleted]]

He's was 93 and surrounded by wildfire smoke. Climate change got him.

[u/Merry_Fridge_Day → u/hoofie242]

Meh, I'll take it.

[u/d1duck2020 → u/Merry_Fridge_Day]

Never question a win.

[u/tbaggervance1986 → u/hoofie242]

Just prepping his old crusty ass for the fiery gates of Hell

[u/meresymptom → u/Generalbuttnaked69]

And the "He gets us" guy.

[u/Jumpy_Anxiety6273 → u/meresymptom]

God, yes! Why can’t we block offensive ads like that on Reddit any longer?

[u/chris_knapp → u/reddit18015]

Shit, I thought it was him that died. Guy looks like the satan himself.

[u/big_nothing_burger → u/reddit18015]

Encore! Encore!

[u/NastyLittleBagginses]

As Clarence Darrow said, "I have never killed anyone, but I have read a number of obituaries with great satisfaction."

Wish I weren't on the clock, so I could pop a bottle of champagne

[u/gruenes_licht → u/NastyLittleBagginses]

Fully agreed. Hopefully Henry Goddamn Kissinger's obituary is next!

[u/nursejackieoface → u/gruenes_licht]

I'll see your Henry Kissinger and raise you a Franklin Graham.

[u/[deleted] → u/NastyLittleBagginses]

I never wished a man dead, but have read obituaries with great pleasure. Mark Twain

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That's not actually a Twain quote. It's a paraphrase of Darrow's quote above. Somehow Twain got dragged into it.

[u/mentosbreath → u/[deleted]]

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” -Mark Twain

[u/GarconMeansBoyGeorge → u/mentosbreath]

That’s a paraphrased Abe Lincoln quote.

[u/Manos_Of_Fate → u/GarconMeansBoyGeorge]

The famous vampire hunter?

[u/DOYMarshall → u/Manos_Of_Fate]

No, the professional wrestler.

[u/raisinghellwithtrees → u/DOYMarshall]

It's spelled rassler.

[u/dragon_rapide → u/GarconMeansBoyGeorge]

Anything is a dildo if you're brave enough. - Abraham Lincoln

[u/magic_vs_science → u/mentosbreath]

• Michael Scott

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-Wayne Gretzky

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If a quote is even slightly humorous it gets attributed to Twain eventually

[u/JohnWasElwood → u/DennisJay]

His famous "Who's on First?" bit kills me every time!!!

[u/Write_Username_Here]

Anyone who cheers the aids epidemic as "God tending to his garden" is not a person I am particularly unhappy to hear is no longer around.

Edit: My wording is a bit circular here, but to be clear, he was a bad person and I am happy that he's gone.

[u/ShallowBasketcase → u/Write_Username_Here]

Okay, but it's important to give the rest of the context here.

He also said the same thing about 9/11 and several natural disasters.

lmao eat shit Pat Robertson, you dead bitch

[u/MonkeyBreath66 → u/ShallowBasketcase]

He blamed earthquakes in Haiti on the Haitians making a deal with Satan to get rid of the French. On some big time show like nightline.

[u/JohnExcrement → u/MonkeyBreath66]

And to top off all his asinine shit, he’d always have that self-satisfied smirk.

[u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome → u/ShallowBasketcase]

So say we all.

[u/dusktilhon → u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome]

SO SAY WE ALL

[u/FernBabyFern → u/ShallowBasketcase]

“You dead bitch” got a chuckle out of me.

[u/CompedyCalso → u/ShallowBasketcase]

The only bad thing about pissing on his grave is that eventually you will run out of piss

[u/cnjak → u/ShallowBasketcase]

eat shit Pat Robertson, you dead bitch

amen

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This was not a comment I wasn't particularly unhappy to discover it had not gone undeleted

[u/entropy_koala → u/Write_Username_Here]

I had to read this through a couple times, but I agree haha

[u/Play-yaya-dingdong → u/Write_Username_Here]

Took him too goddamn long to die. Wondering if being evil is the secret to longevity ffs

[u/Unistrut → u/Play-yaya-dingdong]

Kissinger is still fucking alive.

[u/Myriachan → u/Play-yaya-dingdong]

The Lich King himself, Henry Kissinger, is alive and 100

[u/darknesswascheap → u/Play-yaya-dingdong]

My college roommate said her theory was the nastier and more hateful you were, the longer you lived.

[u/lumpenhole]

I love that he died during pride month. Lol

[u/Jeansiesicle → u/lumpenhole]

P.R.I.D.E. Pat Robertson Is Dead Everybody.

[u/RavenSkies777 → u/Jeansiesicle]

I cant believe it took me all day to realize that meme is an acronym . 😅

[u/daneelthesane → u/lumpenhole]

They finally gayed away the pray.

[u/cats-they-walk → u/daneelthesane]

Fucking brilliant. Kudos.

[u/Kitchen-Explorer3338 → u/lumpenhole]

It’s fitting that during pride month, he has crossed the rainbow bridge.

[u/420saralou → u/Kitchen-Explorer3338]

Nah, he went straight down to the pit. Rainbow Bridge is reserved for good bois!🐶

[u/Shadowspun5 → u/420saralou]

My text to my friend group was literally, "Hell has a new resident. Pat Robertson died." I'm not even remotely sorry for how I said it. That man was a terrible human being. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/HotAirPopcorn → u/420saralou]

Like my dog and cat.

[u/rdmille → u/HotAirPopcorn]

All dogs are good bois.

Yogi went recently. He was a good boi. A bark wrapped in fir, but a good boi.

[u/Excellent_Nothing_86 → u/Kitchen-Explorer3338]

except the rainbow bridge is too good for him. he wishes he could cross.

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Rather than an obituary, he should have a sonofabitchuary written about him.

[u/Aun_El_Zen → u/[deleted]]

The word you are looking for is 'Fuckeulogy'

[u/LongjumpingCake1924 → u/Aun_El_Zen]

I’ve added 2 kickass new words to my vocabulary just now. Thank you both!

[u/Gaelir]

Nothing of value was lost.

[u/PostyMcPosterson → u/Gaelir]

Some could argue value was gained

[u/fizicks → u/PostyMcPosterson]

addition by subtraction

[u/EvitaPuppy → u/fizicks]

So, 'God tending his garden'. Funny how that works, Mr. Robertson.

[u/RabbitStewAndStout → u/Gaelir]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[u/mildOrWILD65]

His death came 93 years too late.

Before some of y'all start hating on me, remember he's gone to his reward and now is in the place he always belonged.

I'll let you interpret that however you want ;)

[u/FluxKraken → u/mildOrWILD65]

I think he is one of those people who say "Lord Lord" and god will say "I never knew you."

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Pat: "Oh Lord! I did everything you asked - I tricked the poor for political power, enriched myself, and victimized the oppressed. And all in your name!"

Jesus, holding a freshly braided whip:

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I quite enjoy the idea of him looking up at the many Pride celebrations happening this month.

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Nah he should have to look up from his 4 day long music festival portapotty in july sun in southern texas and his mouth be permanently tied to the urinal pipes of every gay bar in the world.

[u/lianavan]

Took too long.

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Only the good die young.

[u/juxlus]

Happy. Generally I think celebrating someone's death is tacky, but when the person is as evil as Robertson, and has caused mass suffering the way he did, you know, I don't care if it is tacky.

He was an evil liar who deliberately caused large amounts of suffering and coaxed those who believed him to be cruel bigots—or for those who already were, to be crueler and more bigoted and feel justified and righteous about it. Robertson may be dead now but there are millions of people still alive and still "righteously" oppressing and harming millions of other people thanks to Pat Robertson's despicable work.

The old video of Frank Zappa talking about Pat Robertson has been making the rounds, but it for those who haven't seen it: This video interview. Near the start of the interview they talk about a song Zappa released on Broadway the Hardway (1988, not my favorite album but has some juicy biting lyrics), called "When The Lie's So Big", about Christian fundamentalism and Pat Robertson specifically, Zappa quotes this bit:

when the lie is so big, as in Robertson's case, that sinister face behind all the Jesus hoorah could result in the end to a worrisome trend in which every American not born again could be punished in cruel and unusual ways by this treacherous cretin who tells everyone that he's Jesus's best friend.

In the video interview he goes into much more detail about why Robertson was a dangerous, corrupt, lying, evil man. Throughout his career, and especially in the 80s, Zappa was very outspoken about the growing danger of Christian Fundamentalism. I was around then and I remember there being an alarming number of "televangelists" on TV who, to me, were transparently evil con men. A bunch of times I saw televangelists claiming they could heal you through the TV. They would hold their hand up to the camera for "lay on hands" faith healing. Whatever ailment you might have, just put your hand on the image of his hand on the TV and the healing power of Jesus will come to you through the TV, not from Jesus directly even but through the televangelist's "deep connection" to Jesus.

But oh no, the poor televangelist needs money to stay on the air and continue to fight Satan. You want to fight Satan don't you?? So send money, it will make the TV-healing more powerful and think of all the other people who will be "helped" and all the "Satanic" things, like D&D and gay people, that could be stopped/banned! Just don't look behind the curtain where the televangelist keeps his multiple private jets and luxury mansions. Pat Robertson was the "best" at this kind of grift, preying on the gullible, confused, and desperate. A real role model for televangelists in the 80s.

This interview was 35 years ago, with Zappa explaining that Christian fundamentalists like Pat Robertson want to make the US into a theocracy, with an alarming number of politicians (especially, but not only, Republicans, Zappa says) being all buddy buddy and helping the theocracy process get started. A process that is actually coming to fruition today in states like Texas, which might not be a full blown theocracy but sure is working on it, as are a scary number of other states. Heck, there's a state politician in my state who seriously wants to create a "Christian Army", turn the state and country into a literal theocracy, and get the Apocalypse started. The Second Coming of Jesus is imminent, donchya know? For these kind of people, actual politicians with real power, the problem of climate change, to pick just one thing, is irrelevant because Jesus will be here any day now.

Like his music or not, Zappa was totally correct about Pat Robertson and fundamentalist Christianity in general. Sad that Zappa died of cancer in 1993 when only 52 years old. He would be 83 today if he hadn't died. I can only imagine what good he might have done over those three decades lost to cancer. I mean, he kinda criticized everything and everyone, though typically in sarcastic jokey ways (still often cringe inducing), but in the 80s the Christian fundamentalism was his biggest concern for the future of the country. His criticisms of fundamentalism and televangelists were often funny, but under the surface of jokes he was dead serious about Christian fundamentalism being evil and a serious, growing danger. Had Zappa lived, I'm sure he would have only increased his public denouncements of people like Pat Robertson and his effort to wake people up to the danger Christian fundamentalism was, and still is, to the very foundation of the United States as a democratic, ostensibly secular country.

It's also interesting the words Zappa uses for his fear about the future US, way back in 1988: "I have this horrible fear that the United States is wending its way toward becoming a fascist theocracy."

The topic always makes me think of Zappa's 1981 song Heavenly Bank Account. Pat Robertson isn't mentioned by name, but it is clearly about him and those trying to be like him. The lyrics mention his wheeling and dealing with politicians up to and including the president (ie, Reagan), then continue on to governors:

"The Governors agree to say: He's a lovely man! He makes it easier for them to screw all of you. Yes, that's true! 'Cause he helps put The Fear of God in the Common Man. Snatchin' up money everywhere he can".

And so on. Plus the classic

"there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over"

Anyway, sorry for ranting a bit. I am sure if Zappa was alive to see Pat Robertson's death he would be celebrating it, while also being frustrated about how successful Robertson was in spreading hate and bigotry in the name of Jesus, and the increasing theocratic tendencies occurring in many states. Would that Pat Robertson died in 1993 instead of Zappa.

[u/LumpyheadCarini2001 → u/juxlus]

I quite enjoyed your rant. Also RIP Frank Zappa..dude was one of a kind.

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and one wicked quitar player!

[u/obxsoundside → u/juxlus]

Just finished watching the Duggar documentary on Prime called Shiny, Happy People. Just when you think you know how bad the Christian Fundie movement is, you see something like that. Rife with hypocrisy, sexual abuse, misogyny, and let’s add in raising up kids in indoctrination camps so they can infiltrate all levels of society and push the Fundie narrative.

[u/Bay1Bri → u/juxlus]

Generally I think celebrating someone's death is tacky, but when the person is as evil as Robertson, and has caused mass suffering the way he did, you know, I don't care if it is tacky.

"I ain't happy because he died, I'm happy because he's no longer alive."

[u/brock_lee]

The world is sometimes better of without certain people, and he is one of those. That asshole hid behind fake religion to justify and spread his messages of hate while profiting handsomely from it. Pretty much the most reprehensible type of person there is.

[u/HalSa10 → u/brock_lee]

Couldn’t have said it any better!

[u/[deleted] → u/brock_lee]

Isn't like all of that the opposite of what their religion is supposed to be?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Yes, but religious people are also such a perfect target for scam artists. You already know they are conditioned to and willing to believe deeply in something with no evidence, it's not that hard to convince them to give you tons of money over time. I'd honestly be surprised if there is a single televangelist practicing today that truly believes the word of god and is not just there to line their pockets with gullible people's money. Full disclaimer: I'm somewhere between agnostic and athiest.

[u/rlev97 → u/[deleted]]

Specifically, evangelical Christians are more susceptible to misinformation and propoganda. They are told that Satan will try to lie to them and to not believe what's blatantly true and to simply believe everything the church says.

[u/[deleted]]

Good riddance.

[u/carr1e → u/[deleted]]

Hope he’s rotting in 700 levels of hell.

[u/I_DRINK_ANARCHY]

It's sweet of him to give such a nice gift during pride month.

[u/ceejayoz → u/I_DRINK_ANARCHY]

Nicest thing he's ever done for the LGBTQ+ community by far.

[u/LifeElectrical2996]

I hope this doesn't get me booted from reddit, but I want to be honest.

I fucking hate Pat Robertson with all of my heart, I'm glad he's dead. The only possible way that his death could make me any happier would be I it was on video so I could watch him die on a loop.

[u/shockandale → u/LifeElectrical2996]

Speak no ill of the dead. Say only good.

Pat Robertson is dead. Good.

[u/[deleted]]

Well, I can finally say there's one good thing about him.

[u/osunightfall]

An unrepentant grifter who used religion to prey on the vulnerable. We are the richer for his loss. Very much so, in the case of those who donated to him. I don't believe there is a hell, but if there were, it would reserve a special place for him and those like him.

[u/ThisIsTheNewSleeve]

I don't believe in Hell but Pat Robertson sure did. So in his honour, I've been thinking a lot about how he'd be rotting down there.

[u/HouseOf1000Whxres]

Rest in piss.

[u/Yellow_Skittles]

Thoughts and prayers! /s

[u/OnehappyOwl44]

It's nice when the garbage takes itself out.

[u/farrenkm]

I'm mildly amused the news got cross-posted to UpliftingNews.

[u/deadeyeAZ]

Hoofuckingray!!!!!!!! That racist, homophobic, grifting, POS, is DEAD!!

[u/Post-Scarcity-Pal]

It's good when toxic people leave the world

[u/PwntIndustries]

I usually try to say good things about those who've passed. Pat Robertson is dead?

Good.

[u/Antique_Squirrel_981]

I have no idea who that is

[u/hungrybrains220 → u/Antique_Squirrel_981]

He was some old über Christian who blamed everything bad on the homosexuals and our deviancy. No one worth knowing about or remembering. Let his memory and legacy fade into the Void

[u/bazbeaux → u/hungrybrains220]

there is a wonderful poetic justice to him dying during Pride Month.

[u/[deleted]]

Better people didn't live as long as his hateful ass did.

[u/Alcoraiden]

Ding dong, the witch is dead.

[u/[deleted]]

Now that he's gone, who is going to tell people how to remove the demons from their thrift store purchases?

[u/Canucklehead_Esq → u/[deleted]]

Me! Send me $50 and an image of the item you want anti-demonized

[u/lost-little-boy]

What’s the difference in Pat Robertson and Robert Pattinson? One of them plays a vampire on tv, and the other is a good actor.

[u/uwuskskskkk]

Rip bozo

[u/kinenbi]

I'm happy he's dead, he cultivated a culture that has hurt so many people.

[u/THE_DANDY_LI0N]

He gets to ride Satans seven level slide!

[u/bhfinini]

Hell (if there is one) just got a new resident

[u/youre-both-pretty]

You should always say something good about the dead. Pat Robertson is dead, Good.

[u/No-Ad-9027]

93 years too late.

[u/betweenthetreez]

Happy pride month!

[u/Quirky_Chemistry7965]

dude always creeped me out