Religion is not dumb... people are dumb, including those who say something is dumb when they possess no knowledge on the subject matter. Pat Robertson does not represent all Christianity and he sure does not represent all religion, he simply states his opinions based on his theological point of view which is in a matter of fact- HETERODOX to traditional Christianity passed to us by Christ through his Apostles when Holy Spirit descended on them on the day of the Pentecost.
How do you know I have no knowledge of the subject matter? I was raised christian, I even went to a christian private school for 5 years where I had bible class 5 days a week, chapel once a week, youth group, and traditional church services.
I would say my knowledge on the subject matter far exceeds that of the average christian.
God foretells the future to his subjects constantly in the bible, an all seeing God with infinite wisdom who has plans for all of his creations... created Lucifer. Yet he was blindsided by Lucifer's betrayal and the creation of sin, hell, and evil? I don't think so, seems to me like God created Hell, Sin, and Evil by creation Lucifer while knowing what he'd do well before he even created him.
How about the tale of how Jesus feeds 5,000 in the book of Matthew? Jesus feeds 5,000 people with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish so they don't have to go to the village and buy themselves food, and can instead listen to his sermon. But he doesn't feed the starving people who are dying in other parts of the world?
How about the unconditional love of God. Which lets you burn for eternity in hellfire if you don't meet the condition of accepting Jesus/God into your heart as your lord and savior.
How about the fact that someone like ad0lf h1tler (lol forums censor the word " h itler") could be accepted into heaven and forgiven of all sins, if he would have accepted jesus into his heart and not killed himself. Meanwhile a peaceful isolated indigenous tribe somewhere in the jungle all burn in hell simply because they didn't realize on their own, without any bible, that Jesus is the son of God and sacrificed himself for our sins?
He's not simply stating his opinion, He's saying that if you play violent video games: "...that stuff will chop off your access, and you will go dead in your heart. That is the danger of all of this".
He's stating what does or does not constitute as healthy actions in the context of a relationship w/ God. It's his belief of the way things are and it goes further than an opinion.
If you were to tell him "that's just your opinion." He would deny that it is an opinion, and back up his statement with bible verses to reinforce/validate his beliefs.
I repeat myself:
Organized religion is fucking stupid. <--- That, my ignorant friend, is an opinion.
