Good Christian role models

I'm so angry I can barely breathe. I just heard about Robertson's call (however mindless) for Chavez' assassination. Do you realize what this is? Do you realize the importance of those statements? A leader in the mainstream Christian community openly advocated killing another human being. That's aside from the entire assassination of a democratically elected offical/international incident/terrorist activity angle.

I realize that the Bible (and various other iterations of God's word) have all been used to justify mass slaughter at any number of times throughout history - including now (even though we don't talk about it as such). I think I'm just shocked that he would be so cavalier and open about it. Lots of people think things like that - I know I've had similar thoughts about a different leader more than once. However, using violence NEVER works. Not to mention that killing someone because you don't like the way they do things is just flat out wrong.

What scares me (and I use the word "scare" deliberately) is that Robertson will probably not receive any backlash from his comments. He will more than likely not have to bear any sort of responsibility or even be questioned by his followers about his remarks. In fact, it's highly possible that large numbers of people won't even make the connections between calling for Chavez' death, murder of an elected official, and terrorist activity. They possibly won't even remember that there is an ENTIRE COMMANDMENT dedicated to not killing!!!!

I don't know enough about Chavez' regime to say whether or not he's a good leader. He could be the most corrupt bastard on earth for all I know. His failure to be a good leader never has and never will give anyone the right to kill him.

Democracy Now!'s show on Pat Robertson's call for Hugo Chavez' assassination. Media Matters article on Robertson's outrageous statements.

I would also like to comment on the following excerpt from Democracy Now's show:
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"The president of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Reverend Ted Haggard, was questioned on CNN yesterday afternoon by Kyra Phillips.

KYRA PHILLIPS: I'm curious, is this religion leader -- did he go a little too far here with his comments, from a Christian perspective?

REV. TED HAGGARD: Well, from a Christian perspective, yes, but you’ve got to remember this is a political commentary portion of his show. It is his television show, and essentially what he's saying is that he's scared about some of the developments going on in that section of the world, and he wants them minimized. He wants them taken care of in the most efficient way that he can. So he’s not speaking for evangelicalism. He's not speaking for Christians. He's just saying from a political point of view and from a social point of view, somebody needs to contemplate how to minimize this, so we don't end up in a full-scale war."

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Unless there's a mass protest, then OF COURSE he's speaking for his mainstream Christian followers you doof!!! He's a LEADER in the mainstream, conservative Christian media and Christian culture and that's what a leader does - they speak for their followers. The initial scrambling for distance has begun, although it's likely that few will actually criticize or rebuke him for what he said. Bunch of scabby hypocrites.