Sacrilege

sac·ri·lege (skr-lj)

n.

Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus, one who steals sacred things : sacer, sacred; see sacred + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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	What manner of sacrilege have we committed now, or have we merited the blessings of Holy Church? Go to page The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
	It was sacrilege unspeakable against the holy cow The state desired his blood, but he had retreated into his hut, barricaded the doors and windows with big stones, and defied the world. Go to page From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard

" he added, addressing the clerk at his side, "is it sacrilege or not, by law?

The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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Quotes from Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell

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Pat Robertson in 2005

by Lewis Loflin

When Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson blamed God and America for the attacks on 9/11, it only proved how silly they really are. This was aired only 48 hours after the attacks on New York and Washington. Ralph Reed already bailed out of the Christian Coalition, Pat Robertson finally resigned in December 2001. Pat's failure to get his Early elected as governor of Virginia and the shambles of the Gilmore Governorship (Pat claims "some credit" for his election) may have marked the end of Robertson in VA and national politics.

In 2005 Pat Robertson is going more silly than ever, and some are claiming his influence is declining. Is it perhaps the Christian Right in general, that drives the Liberal Left into hysteria, really isn't as powerful as we think? The Christian Coalition is a shell of its former self, Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority is gone, and the Republican Party is as disunited as the Democratic Party. The reality is Pat Robertson's irrationality and paranoia is often shared by his Leftist-Liberal rivals.

It seems that Pat Robertson and the Religious Right, like the irreligious Left, are given more credit than they deserve. Pat has never held public office and the Religious Right in general has gotten very little of their core agenda into law. I also think the mostly Liberal press singles Robertson out to discredit Christianity in general. Even here in a conservative Republican state like Virginia and Pat Robertson's home base, most don't identify with his agenda. A poll done in 2001 shows even Virginians are all over the place on issues running from conservative, to liberal, to libertarian:

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See also: Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian

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