Loading ...Claim: Pat Robertson has repudiated the Gospel
flockwoodPat Robertson aid this week that it’s acceptable for the husband of a woman with Alzheimer’s to divorce his wife because of her illness.
That didn’t sit well with Russell Moore of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Robertson’s statement, Moore writes, is “more than an embarrassment. This is more than cruelty. This is a repudiation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Joni Eareckson Tada has also weighed in and you can read it by clicking below.
A Statement by Joni Eareckson Tada, CEO,
Joni and Friends International Disability Center on Pat Robertson’s comment on Divorce and Alzheimer’sSEPT. 15, 2011 – “Any marriage has its challenges, but add a serious disability and they can, at times, seem overwhelming. This is why God instituted marriage as a lifelong commitment – Heaven knows it requires vows, solemn and serious, to weather a couple through the demands of disability.
“I was dismayed when this week Pat Robertson said to a nationwide audience that Alzheimer’s disease is a kind of death that makes divorce justifiable. When a Christian leader views marriage on a sliding scale, what does this say to the millions of couples who must deal daily with catastrophic injuries and illnesses?
“At the Joni and Friends International Disability Center, we encounter thousands of couples who, despite living with serious disabling conditions, showcase the grace of God in their weakness every day. Marriage is designed to be a picture of God’s sacrificial love for us. Alzheimer’s disease is never an ‘accident’ in a marriage; it falls under the purview of God’s sovereignty. In the case of someone with Alzheimer’s, this means God’s unconditional and sacrificial love has an opportunity to be even more gloriously displayed in a life together!”
September 15th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Ol’ Pat’s a united not a divider. So I guess you have to give him that.
September 15th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Make that “uniter” rather than “united.”
September 16th, 2011 at 12:32 am
Cruel. Embarrassing. Non-Christian. It is hard to know where to begin with this one.
September 16th, 2011 at 10:47 am
His statement was in a way taken out of context the person wrote to Pat R. to say he desired to date other people and since his spouse was stricken with this horrible disease what should he do. And Pat said “IF” you plan on going through with dating another person divorce your spouse first….
It is understandable that the living want to still live. This disease is a death sentence for whomever has it. There is no cure. Most people would prefer to see their spouse through anything the ones that truly love there spouse.
My question is why is everyone outraged that Pat would advise this person in such a way as to stop him from committing a sin such as adultery and not outraged that this person would leave his spouse in such a condition just when they needed them the most.
Those actions are more heinous than the advise that Pat is dolling out. Really people where is your common sense????
September 16th, 2011 at 11:04 am
It’s a good thing Pat doesn’t “make” the rules. Everyone knows that only the Pope has the authority to amend the Bible.
September 19th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
How does the choice of not sinning get dropped from the equation of picking 2 lesser evils?
September 22nd, 2011 at 2:05 pm
From a local religious leader/poster, on dementia:
http://crosscut.com/2011/09/22/health-medicine/21307/Mastering-our-dread-of-Alzheimer-s/
Far more nuanced than the Robertson view.