Is Pat Robertson a Racist As Well As An Idiot?

Pat Robertson is at it again. Check out what he said this week. Certifiably batshit crazy. Pat is an old man so I have an ounce of understanding that he probably still thinks racial purity is important. Hell, he is from Virginia. I bet he was down with segregation and George Wallace back in the day. You can't really expect some old geezer to change his stripes, or should I say sheets and pointy hats this late in life. I bet if Robertson had seen "Bulworth", one of my favorite political movies, he would had a heart attack. Warren Beaty's character argued that all the races should intermix until everyone is the same shady of brown, therefore making race a moot issue. That's cool with me. Maybe in 120 years, that's what America will look like. Here's Pat:

Robertson: Europe committing "racial suicide"
Summary: Pat Robertson said, "Europe is right now in the midst of racial suicide because of the declining birth rate."
During the February 6 edition of Christian Broadcasting Network's (CBN) The 700 Club, host Pat Robertson said that "Europe is right now in the midst of racial suicide because of the declining birth rate." Robertson blamed the declining birth rate on the existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, which, according to Robertson, "has permeated the intellectual thinking of Europe" and has left Europeans without "a faith in the future."

From the February 6 edition of CBN's The 700 Club:

ROBERTSON: Studies that I have read indicate that having babies is a sign of a faith in the future. You know, unless you believe in the future, you're not going to take the trouble of raising a child, educating a child, doing something. If there is no future, why do it? Well, unless you believe in God, there's really no future. And when you go back to the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, the whole idea of this desperate nightmare we are in -- you know, that we are in this prison, and it has no hope, no exit. That kind of philosophy has permeated the intellectual thinking of Europe, and hopefully it doesn't come here. But nevertheless, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is right now in the midst of racial suicide because of the declining birth rate. And they just can't get it together. Why? There's no hope.

If we can get past the race issue, I don't think Pat gets it. If Europe doesn't believe in the future, why do they invest so much in their people. Better healthcare and education than the United States. Long term infrastructure development, higher rates of alternative energy useage, stricter environmental regulations, lower abortion rates, lower infant mortality rates. Certainly, birthrates have fallen. that's because of high economic development which frees people from having kids for the sole purpose of taking care of them when they get old. Imagine a society that cares for their elderly without burdening the younger generations. Wow, down right forward thinking. Plus Pat, France has a birthrate that exceeds population stability. Wasn't Satre French? So the French didn't take to heart what one of their most famous philosophers said, but the Japanese did? Japan has the one of the lowest birthrates in the world. In fact, Japan will have the oldest population and it will decline by 40% in the 50 years. That's why Japan is investing in education of its young people and robotics. Japan will remain a manufacturing powerhouse even though it will have hardly anyone to work the factories.

Pat, you see not believing in God as sign that there is no hope. That's not what's it about for an atheist, agnostics, or an existentialist. It is realizing that you have wide degree of freedom to make decisions about your own life and the world you live. That freedom does bring responsibility and that can be a burden,but atheism, agnosticism, and existentialism can also be liberating. Here's what Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller has to say about it. "Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O ..." Taking off religious blinders allows you to think critically and may be make a better society. Having fewer children now may make the world a better place for those people in the future.