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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUcMPveW_OE&feature=g-subs-uPat Robertson Calls Atheists 'Miserable Grinches' Trying to Steal Christmas
Televangelist Pat Robertson is making headlines once again due to his
recent comments regarding what many call the "war on Christmas," saying
that he believes atheists are "miserable" people who want to steal the
Christmas holiday away from Christians.
"The Grinch is trying to
steal our holiday," Robertson told viewers on the Monday, Nov. 19
episode of the "The 700 Club", the flagship program of the Christian Broadcasting Network.
"Atheists don't like our happiness, they don't want you to be happy, they want you to be miserable," Robertson went on.
"They're miserable so they want you to be miserable, so they want to steal your holiday away from you."
Robertson's
comments have stirred some controversy on the Internet, with critics
arguing that the CBN founder repeatedly and unfairly targets atheists as
an angry, bitter group of people perpetually on the attack against
traditional American society.
When a gunman opened fire at a Sikh
temple in Oak Creek, Wis., in Aug. 2012, Robertson received criticism
for his comments on the incident, because many argued that he appeared
to blame atheists for the shooting.
"People
who are atheists, they hate God, they hate the expression of God, and
they are angry at the world, angry with themselves, angry with society
and they take it out on innocent people who are worshipping God,"
Robertson said in reference to the shooting.
In
regard to Robertson's comments concerning the "war on Christmas," many
have voiced their agreement, pointing to recent court cases involving
challenges to public Christmas displays.
In Loudoun County, Va., the American Atheist organization is contemplating a lawsuit against
county officials for including religious symbols in their annual public
holiday display, the decorations of which cater to mainstream religions
and secularists alike.
Additionally, earlier this week a federal judge denied efforts to re-open a 60-year-old Christian nativity display in a city park in Santa Monica, Calif.
While
atheists continue to argue that there should exist a separation of
church and state when it comes to Christmas and public holiday
festivities, Christians argue that the tradition and purpose of
Christmas should be preserved in American society and celebrated openly.
For example, the Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit public interest law firm, is kicking off its 10th annual "Friend or Foe" Christmas campaign this
year, which is "designed to educate and if necessary, to litigate, to
make sure that Christmas is not censored from either the public
marketplace or the private retail."
As Robertson added on Monday's episode of "The 700 Club", he believes Christmas is an event that unifies the nation.
"It's
been so beautiful. The nation comes together, we sing Christmas carols,
we give gifts to each other, we have lighted trees, it's just a
beautiful thing," Robertson said of the holiday.
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