Jack Beatty on Pat Robertson
Beatty certainly left no stone unthrown in his lambasting verbal crucifixion of Robertson as “either an utter fool or a smarmy con man,” although it was clear his jabs were also intended for fundamental Christians.
It is a dangerous practice to make sweeping generalizations about any group of people, whether they are born-again Christians, politicians or news media people.
Lumping together some 35 million born-again Christians as Robertson supporters because they are Christians is about as intelligent as claiming that some 240 million Americans are Ronald Reagan supporters because they are American.
LAWRENCE CRANDALL
Sunset Beach
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