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In their coverage of the Pat Robertson story, NBC said "This was no extremist cleric issuing a death threat. This was Christian Minister Pat Robertson...."
Yes, it was an extremist cleric issuing a death threat. Simply because he doesn't use the name "Allah" and isn't brown-skinned does not make him any less an extremist cleric. As far as the Christian part...
Far be it from me to define people's religion for them, but I seemed to have missed the part in the Decalogue where it says "Thou shalt not kill, except where it is politically expedient to do so." And in the Gospels where it says "Lest he who is without sin throw the first stone, except he who is protecting the nation's oil supply."
Yes, it was an extremist cleric issuing a death threat. Simply because he doesn't use the name "Allah" and isn't brown-skinned does not make him any less an extremist cleric. As far as the Christian part...
Far be it from me to define people's religion for them, but I seemed to have missed the part in the Decalogue where it says "Thou shalt not kill, except where it is politically expedient to do so." And in the Gospels where it says "Lest he who is without sin throw the first stone, except he who is protecting the nation's oil supply."