Reply #7: Oooo, now he's hit a nerve... [View All]

[Canuckistanian]

I read an article the other day speculating on just why Robertson said these disgusting words.

It wasn't about oil or socialism or thumbing his nose at the U.S.

It was about religion.

Apparently, there are 3 branches of Christianity battling it out in Central and South America - Conservative Catholicism, Liberation Theology and Protestantism.

Liberation Theology teaches that the Catholic Church should get involved in politics whenever the poor are being victimized.

This is not a popular theme in either the Catholic or Protestant churches these days.

And Robertson is a chief proponent of... guess what? Protestantism.

And this is being threatened by Hugo Chavez, whose message is, the people need to benefit from natural riches, not just the elites.

Ergo, the messenger must be destroyed, before he gets a foothold.

(And I guess a little profiteering on the side wouldn't hurt)