Apparently televangelist Pat Robertson said something that offended folks yesterday, and a lot of folks aren’t all that surprised. Media watchdog Get Religion also wasn’t all that surprised, but thinks the media should cover such comments with more regularity:

“I generally share RNS’ resignation about whether to quote Robertson. But it’s good to see that this story wasn’t relegated to the Christian press. The Associated Press also covered it, with a brief report on the matter. I almost missed it the first time I read it, but it includes a brief explanation of why Christians tend to frown on divorce.”

Susan Jacoby, the “spirited atheist” at Washington Post On Faith blog, wonders if the separation of church and state is good for religion:

“If any more evidence were required that a nation whose Constitution guarantees individual religious liberty does not need members of the clergy presiding over and pontificating at public events, it was provided at the 9/11 memorial ceremony by the numerous references to God and an afterlife from family members of those who died in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center.

Many talked about their belief that a spouse, a parent, a sister, or a brother was ‘watching over’ them from heaven and that they would see their loved one again. Obviously, I don’t believe in family reunions in an afterlife but my own view is irrelevant. It is the absolute right of any American citizen to stand up and make a personal statement of faith on such an occasion as long as it is personal and does not presume to speak for other citizens or the nation as a whole.”

Adam Copeland, Presbyterian blogger, writes for the Christian Century about Christian young adults, and how they’re apparently “amoral heathens – but what’s new?”:

“In his column Brooks opines that young adults these days apparently lack the wherewithal to speak about moral issues. As someone who hosts conversations for young adults to speak about moral issues, two responses immediately come to mind. One: young adults who attend Theology Pub absolutely love speaking about moral issues. Two: we are not particularly well versed in how to speak about them.

I could blame this all on standardized testing in grade schools. I could complain about colleges requiring too few philosophy and ethics courses (grad schools too, for that matter). I could lambast parents for not passing along resources for taking on moral subjects. But I won’t.”

Finally, today’s Tweet of the Day comes from the (fake) twitter account Jesus Christ, who seeks to remind his followers who’s REALLY in charge:

@jesus – For the record, seat belts don’t save lives. I do.