By the way, speaking of idolaters, aren't Bible-thumpers idolaters? Isn't the Bible their idol? Isn't it a form of idolatry to believe that texts in the Bible were somehow supposedly divinely inspired? Besides that, isn't it a form of idolatry for Christians to believe that the man Jesus was somehow supposedly divine -- God?
I know, I know, certain gentile kings were supposedly divine. So in the spirit of agonistic competition not only with their fellow Jews but also with the gentiles around them, the followers of Jesus fantasized that he was not only the Christ but also divine -- God. Truly, they made up the greatest story ever told.
No, Jesus did not die for the sins of the world. He died because he was executed under the authority of Pontius Pilate. No, he did not rise from the dead. But some of his grief-stricken followers may have had hallucinations about him after his death -- apparitions, or appearances. Evidently,
DIGRESSION: For an accessible account of how the Hebrew Bible was written, see Richard Elliott Friedman's book Who Wrote the Bible? (2nd ed., 1997). END OF DIGRESSION.
PHIL ROBERTSON'S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
I have no idea who set up Magary's visit, because he does not tell us. But from what he does tell us, it seems clear to me that Phil Robertson has got a lot of stuff that he wants to get off his chest by talking with Magary. It's almost as though Phil Robertson has been frustrated and holding back something in all those sanitized television shows for family entertainment, so now he wants to break loose and spill out his feelings to Magary -- unexpurgated.
According to Magary, Phil Robertson made the following statement to him:
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