Pat Robertson: Divorce your wife if she has alzheimers

[Skwim]

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". . . and suddenly that person is gone! . . . They're gone!. . . They are gone!" Alzheimers: the new kind of death. But hey, it is Pat Robertson.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Pat Robertson is a jerk.

Or was a jerk.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

The old coot is still alive.

 

[blackout]

There are many kinds of death.

 

[elmarna]

O.K. Skwim we now feel like scratching our heads.
Just in the fact that there are people out there applauding his brilliance.

 

[Valjean]

What happened to "for better or worse?"

 

[angellous_evangellous]

What happened to "for better or worse?"

It just got worse.

 

[Kathryn]

I guess Pat's wife has Alzheimers. That was my first thought.

 

[blackout]

I guess Pat's wife has Alzheimers. That was my first thought.

It's like Catholics changing churches so they can remarry.
(and still consider themselves good practicing christians)

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I have been drinking - but it seems that in some twisted way Pat is trying to be compassionate. Unfortunately he has to be a hypocrite in order to practice compassion.

A reflecting person would be able to identify that as a problem.

 

[elmarna]

Not only did it get worse!
He said do not commit to a commitment!

 

[blackout]

Marriage vows "for better for worse" "till death do us part"
are clearly participation in oath taking.
Doesn't it say somewhere in the NT not to take oaths?

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Marriage vows "for better for worse" "till death do us part"
are clearly participation in oath taking.
Doesn't it say somewhere in the NT not to take oaths?

hahaha

 

[Madhuri]

I actually am not completely opposed to what he said.

I wouldn't like to judge someone for leaving a partner who is in that condition. People get divorced for a lot less.

If I were in that situation of being the person with Alzheimer, I would prefer that my loved ones were able to go on with their lives instead of being completely dependent on them. The most important thing at that point in my life would be that I am being taken care for- I am not sure that it would matter by who if I have no memories of the people I knew.

On the other hand, it saddens me that the love between husband and wife is often so weak. A parent would not abandon their child if this or something just as bad happened. So the part about not loving the person enough is what gets me down the most. But if the love really is weakened or gone to the point where the husband is seeing other people, then there's no good reason for him/her to stay legally married to the victim.

 

[Father Heathen]

If my mind was completely gone then I wouldn't blame my wife for finding a relationship elsewhere.

 

[elmarna]

How could you blame her if you had no thought to do this with????????????/

 

[Father Heathen]

How could you blame her if you had no thought to do this with????????????/

Foresight.

 

[elmarna]

ok
just was not quite sure.

 

[Kathryn]

So I guess using this rationale, any accident or illness which alters a spouse's ability to maintain the relationship is a good enough reason for divorce.

Where does Pat Robertson draw the line? Traumatic brain injuries? Coma? Stroke?

What happened to that vow to be faithful for better or worse, in sickness and in health?

 

[Revoltingest]

So I guess using this rationale, any accident or illness which alters a spouse's ability to maintain the relationship is a good enough reason for divorce.
Where does Pat Robertson draw the line? Traumatic brain injuries? Coma? Stroke?
What happened to that vow to be faithful for better or worse, in sickness and in health?

Robertson makes perfect sense.
Alzheimers isn't just any old "accident or illness"...it can be the complete loss of who the person once was.
If the mind of the loved one is gone, provide for her but move on.
It shouldn't ruin two lives.
If the old thinker turned to mush, I wouldn't want Mrs Rev being tied to a drooling Rutabaga that was once me.