Pat Robertson on marrying first cousins: ‘Go for it,’ but don’t have ‘mongoloid’ kids

[MindMover]

Televangelist Pat Robertson on Tuesday gave his viewers permission to marry their first cousins as long as they did not have “mongoloid” children.

“A close friend of mine believes that the person God wants her to marry is her first cousin,” a viewer explained in a letter to Robertson. “There is clear, powerful call of the Lord on both their lives. What do you think?”

“Kissing cousins! Hey, hey!” Robertson replied. “I don’t know anything in the Bible that says there’s a problem about marrying first cousins. Now, look, here’s the deal. If there are recessive genes and there are something in the family that would come out if those two recessive genes come together, they might wind up with children that got some kind of disability.”

“Other than that, there’s no problem,” he continued. “There’s nothing in the Bible that says you can’t marry your first cousin. Here you say everybody’s in favor of it. Alright, go for it.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/04/pat-robertson-on-marrying-first-cousins-go-for-it-but-dont-have-mongoloid-kids/

There is nothing in the Bible that says _________________________________ .

[trotsky]

1. What a delusional old idiot. n/t

[LeftishBrit]

2. First of all, it's called Down syndrome; and secondly, it is not inherited in that way.

But maybe if you are a horrible right-wing segregationist senator, you should not have children, because one of them might grow up to be Pat Robertson (I looked up his family background on Wikipedia).

[cbayer]

3. Brilliant Pat. Just freaking brilliant.

[BlueStreak]

4. I believe that was actually a clinically acceptable terms the last time Robertson had any facutlties

that is, in the 1960s. "Mongoloid" was a term frequently used. I doubt it is commonly used clinically today.

That's not what is objectionable here. It is the sheer stupidity that somebody can say "God is telling me to do xyz" and a person accepts that as if it were s reasonable statement made by an intelligent person.

"God is telling me to take people's mortgages and put them out on the streets. What do you think, Reverend?"
"Well there is nothing in the Bible about that, and if God is telling you ..."

If "you hear "god" or any other voices telling you what to do, you are insane, plain and simple. Sane people do not hear voices. They think for themselves.

[get the red out]

5. I'm grossed out

By every aspect of this story.

[Goblinmonger]

6. Reminds me of one of my favorite Devo songs

[exboyfil]

7. Abraham married his half sister

Isaac married his 1st cousin once removed. Jacob married his 1st cousin. Esau married his cousin. Lot had sons with his daughters. Of course the children of Shem, Ham, and Japeth married their siblings or cousins (possibly nieces or nephews).

This is the holy family that received God's promise to make their descendents like the stars in the sky or the grains of sand.