The marriage vows may say “for better or for worse” and “in sickness and in health,” but Rev. Pat Robertson told his “700 Club” viewers that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer’s is just fine. Robertson says that the vows say “until death do us part” and Alzheimer’s should be viewed as a type of death.
Robertson was asked on this television program for advice for a friend whose wife has started suffering from Alzheimer’s and has started to see another woman. Robertson responded “I know it sounds cruel, but if he’s going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again, but make sure she has custodial care and somebody looking after her.”
When he was reminded of that vows concerning “for better or for worse” and “until death do us part,” Robertson explained “If you respect that vow, you say ’til death do us part.’ This is a kind of death.”
I have always been fascinating by these programs with Muslim or Jewish or Christian figures dispensing advise to the faithful. No one ever asks, “are you just making this stuff up as you go along?” This seems a pretty massive change in the plain meaning of those vows. I hate to lawyer the language, but what is the basis for this new interpretation that the term “death” extends beyond the obvious meaning of the end of life and can include constructive death. It brings a new meaning to the phrase “you are dead to me.”
Source: Yahoo
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rafflaw,
Maybe RP meant this Raffi:
Raffi-The More We Get Together
You used the term woman hater… I do recall…
What’s the real difference, you still can’t admit when you’re wrong…. Good job…. Going strong…. When you feel people getting upset with you…. Better start looking within for the answers… You can usually find the source of your ilfeelings.. You said that to me once…
RP,
If you are talking to me when you refer to “raffi”‘, you keep suggesting that Schiavo is the issue He didn’t divorce his wife like Robertson suggested.
Quite to the contrary swm…Quite to the contrary…If you hadn’t taken the first continual verbal shots and yet you still not have apologized, what have you really learned in 20 some odd years….. I see nothing … I see people 6 months doing better than the ones with real experience…
What, would it make you feel bad to learn how to say you were wrong at this stage in your life? I hear it builds character but you’ve got the time so you should really know better than I….
It was a really good one.
Oh! Heaven forbid! I missed a Star Trek reference. Please don’t tell my mommy. She’d be sooooo disappointed in me.
🙂
AY Don’t want this interaction, but find the quote where I used the term “misogynist”.
Blouise, I thought it was a Rush Limbaugh thing..It was not RP unless there are more aliases involved. I am still grieving my dog and don’t want to listen to female bashing again. Don’t think these guys ever heard of misandry until LK used it.
I did swm and if all else being equal , I’d say the same. I don’t appreciate being called a misogynist, would you like to be refered to as mysandry? Seems appropriate as the folks that disagree with you the most are males!
“Gene H.
1, September 15, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Your slip is showing.”
Yes, you’re right. I mean Raffi of course. The problem is, Robert Paulson is not my name.
@Elaine M.
Earlier today (last night) you missed a wonderful Star Trek reference and I was dismayed. Now you miss the True Scotsman fallacy.
Once again, I find my expectations for you, low as they, are far too high.
So once again, I find to my chagrin that I need to apologize for oppressing you with my soft bigotry of moderate expectations of competency.
“Someone referred to me as a feminazi on another thread. That was a first.”
Yeah, that may have been me. Well, you come here whenever you can with your uninformed bigotry and misandry. It’s really quite disgusting and typically leaves me with an upset stomach. Sometimes I have to lay down.
I was taught to speak up to bigots, and tell them what’s what.
SwM,
According to the Urban Dictionary:
a feminazi is NOT another word for a feminist. they are very different.
feminists believe that women should have rights equal to men.
feminazis believe that men should have no rights and should be killed.
Feminazis do not encourage the killing of men. They believe in their natural extinction.
According to Wikipedia:
Feminazi is a term popularized by radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh. Feminazi is a portmanteau of the nouns feminist and Nazi. The term is used pejoratively by some U.S. conservatives to criticize feminists that they perceive as extreme. … Limbaugh credited his friend Tom Hazlett, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, with coining the term.
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So whoever called you a Feminazi was calling you a killer. I wouldn’t take that lightly.
pat, go check your tire pressure
Someone referred to me as a feminazi on another thread. That was a first.
Robert,
I’m supposed to accept the word of one person as representative of the beliefs of millions of people–including myself? Try again.
Scottish progressives? I thought we were talking about people in the USA.
heh-heh
Your slip is showing.
@Elaine M
“BTW, are you in the habit of reading articles written by feminazis?”
I think I used that term once, and it was in sarcasm.
Apart from that, I find it generally valuable to read all sorts of people. You may wish to broaden your horizons as well.
I listed here two links, I think some more are in the spam queue, but the real question then is, since you don’t accept Germaine Greer as representative of true Scottish progressives, is how many citations could possibly every persuade you, and just what sorts of bonafides must they have if Germaine Greer can’t cut your mustard.
@RP, we’re not talking about Robertson’s advice. Pretty sure everyone here has condemned most of what he has to say. I am concerned about the weird stuff your priest is insisting we do to Michael Schivo. I say let him alone, he’s suffered enough already.
RP,
No, but anyone who takes Robertson’s advice is a creep.