I was thinking about Pat Robertson's statement a bit more and reflecting on my negative bias against him when I wrote my last post. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, I said to myself: "Self, one of your favorite authors, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was involved in an assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler. What's the difference …
Jesus and Assassination
This past week, Pat Robertson, spokesperson for some of the most conservative Christians in the nation, said something nearly unbelievable to me. He called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela. If you've not read his statements yet, I've cut and pasted it in here. "I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, …
Matthew Erickson 