Pat Robertson demands I get a divorce

May 29, 2009 by William K. Wolfrum

And here I thought that everything was going so well …

“There is no fellowship between an atheist and somebody who is a believer in God. . . . You’ve got to go find somebody else. Really. I mean either he changes and gives his heart to the Lord, or you go down the road with somebody else. But there is no fellowship between Christ and Belial. I mean, he’s going to be serving the Devil. You’re going to be serving God. Just that simple. And there’ll be conflicts and fighting all the time. There is no middle ground. There is no peace in that situation.”

I’m happy to report that after seven years, my atheism hasn’t affected my marriage. And Robertson’s bigotry hasn’t affected my atheism.

–WKW

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9 Responses to “Pat Robertson demands I get a divorce”

Bob on May 29th, 2009 5:57 am

Wait.

You’re really Belial??

Dude! Don’t tell anyone, but my real name is Shaitan!!

My Cousin!!! I’ve been wondering where you were hiding ever since that crazy night in Ulan Bator. I never did get those stains out, btw.

Oh, and Pat Robertson blows goats.
Michael on May 29th, 2009 6:17 am

What gets even worse is when you go into the deeper realms of conservative Christian sects. I grew up in the Church of Christ (not Mormons). Anyone who knows anything about the Church of Christ (not Church of Christ, Scientist either) knows that they keep primarily to themselves. I was raised with the knowledge that, should I ever leave the Church of Christ (not United Church of Christ), I would surely burn in hell.

And so it was best for me to marry someone from the Church of Christ (it’s the one without instrumental music, and the women aren’t allowed to speak during the service or teach Sunday School classes for kids older than elementary school…even junior high boys hold more sway than the women). That way, I wouldn’t even be tempted to leave. I even went to a Church of Christ University (where, ironically, I lost my faith and found the gay community and the United Church of Christ).

That mentality is all a bunch of crap and leads to nothing but inbreeding and diminishing returns. It’s no wonder people are abandoning the fundamentalist churches.
Michael on May 29th, 2009 6:18 am

And, Bob, you’re right. Pat Robertson blows goats. I’ve seen it. It’s sick.
dgun on May 29th, 2009 7:40 am

Maybe Robertson should bother to read the bible:

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

It is only if the unbeliever leaves willingly that a Christian should let them go:

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
William K. Wolfrum on May 29th, 2009 8:15 am

Actually reading the holy books and digesting the information in them is just not fair play on your part, Dgun. You’re supposed to memorize Revelations, and then cherry-pick things out of context that support whatever opinion you hold at any given moment.

This whole “I read and study the Bible” thing doesn’t play well in the Pray-for-pay biz.
dgun on May 29th, 2009 12:51 pm

That’s true Bill.

Oh Jesus loved him some moneychangers, didn’t he?
RockE on May 29th, 2009 1:59 pm

I was a devoted Catholic altar boy in my youth, sipping holy wine behind the scene and burning that glorious incense during those wine imbibations, and now can get no positive interaction from the church in annulling a marriage which was legally disposed of! As a Mormon I could have kept her and expanded my options. Hindsight is a killer.
boatboy_srq on May 29th, 2009 2:08 pm

Actually reading the holy books and digesting the information in them is just not fair play on your part…

This is the thing that those of us who still bother to read The Book have over those who, like Robertson, stop with the Cliff’s Notes version. It’s great fun to pull not-so-obscure passages from it to confound the H8ers when they try their shtick.

Oh, and BTW gang, Robertson doesn’t blow goats – they’re unclean, after all. Robertson blows sheep. Of which, all I can say is,… well… ewe.
Bob on May 29th, 2009 3:52 pm

LOL!!

boatboy ftw.