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Place an ad NORFOLK, Va. -- Fellow conservative religious leaders have expressed concern and even Be the first to Best Bets Pay-Per-Click open criticism over Pat Robertson's habit of shooting from the hip on his daily religious know when news-and-talk television program, "The 700 Club." news happens S M T W T F S How2Guide on Long Island. The Christian Coalition founder and former GOP presidential candidate has said American Click here to 19 20 21 22 23 24 2 subscribe. agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and suggested that Israeli 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for pulling Israel out of the Gaza Strip. Search by event type Some observers say Robertson, who'll turn 76 next month, Choose type courts controversy as a strategy to stay recognizable and Search by name (optional) keep his followers mobilized. Others say he remains important to the evangelical movement that he helped create Search when he established the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network in 1960 -- but he needs to stop damaging it with his words. >NEWS Local Search
Long Island He canceled a speech planned for this coming Tuesday at the closing banquet of the National Religious Broadcasters New York City convention in Dallas after NRB leaders said they were Business concerned that his appearance could detract from the event. Restaurants | Caterers | Trave Sports Legal | Wedding Service | "He is in a very visible leadership position and comments Home & Garden | Health & Travel Wellness such as recent ones related to Mr. Sharon and so many Entertainment others are misinformed and presumptuous and border on Enter a Category arrogance," said David Dockery, president of Union >READER View Lis SERVICES University, a private college affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. About Newsday | Featured Advertisers Contact us Dockery suggested Robertson might want to consult other theologians "before making these pronouncements so quickly." Subscribe Start now and get a "It puts the evangelical movement in a bad light when that happens because people make broad generalizations, $100 gift card and rightly or wrongly, all the time," said Dockery, who also is chairman of the board for the Council for Christian Colleges premium web News on the go access! and Universities. Get the latest headlines on yo cell phone at How to advertise Robertson, through a spokesman, declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press. http://www.newsday.com.
Minority job He recently said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that he ad-libs his comments after watching news segments. Find It Fast conference | Career opportunities | He later told the Christian magazine "World" that he's being more careful and reviewing news stories before going on Act 2/Retirement Advice Internships the air because "I have seen an intensity of attack against me that is unparalleled in the 40-some years of the AP top news broadcast." Archives Buy photos | Archives Award Shows He apologized after facing swift condemnation for his Jan. 5 statement that Sharon was punished for "dividing God's - Academy Awards >PARTNERS land." - Golden Globes - Grammys WB11 Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's ethics and religious liberty commission, has said he was Central Park Star Community "stunned and appalled that Pat Robertson would claim to know the mind of God concerning whether particular tragic Columnists Publishing events ... were the judgments of God." Contact Newsday Comics Island Publications Robertson cited other demands on his time when he canceled his speech to the National Religious Broadcasters Corrections Tourism convention. NRB President Frank Wright told Associated Press Radio that Robertson was not asked to cancel, but he Crosswords Events Parents & Children said NRB leaders did worry that the firestorm over his Sharon comments would detract media attention from the Fashion Week convention's focus. Robertson is on the group's board of directors. LI Weddings Five-day forecast The Fold Hoy - News in Robertson started out as a Southern Baptist, but today he is a charismatic evangelical and believes that God is Food Spanish involved in guiding world events, said Barry Hankins, professor of history and church-state studies at Baylor University. Ground Zero He tries to interpret contemporary events as "being part of the drama of God's activity in the world." HiFive / High School sports Home and Garden "He puts the most fantastic spin on things to have a gripping quality about them to keep the ground troops alert," Horoscopes Hankins said. Impulse Jobs On the other hand, Brian Britt, director of the Religious Studies Program at Virginia Tech, said Robertson's remarks LI History LI: Our Natural World aren't just "off-the-wall, crazy uncle stuff" but part of a strategy that earns him headlines. Lottery Marine forecast When people attack Robertson, he wins sympathy for appearing to be an underdog, Britt said. Movies Obituaries "It reinforces an image of Christianity as a persecuted religion, a religion that is being hounded by the secularists out of Part II the public square, rather than a dominant and hegemonic force," Britt said. Past 7 days Personals * __ Print edition / Today's paper Real Estate Eds: Associated Press Radio reporter Steve Coleman contributed to this report from Washington, D.C. Reprint information RSS * __ Schools Ski reports On the Net: Special projects Sports scores Christian Broadcasting Network: http://www.cbn.com/ Stocks
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